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This Four-Things-I-did list thing is still sweeping through blogworld and even affects people who normally consider themself immune to list things - and all this while ever since High Fidelity we know that just Top Five lists are valid lists. So here's a Top Five list which I'm (jokingly) maintaining for quite a while now:

My Top Five List of public persons I'd like to have a conversation with

1. Lakshmi Narayan Mittal (India/England) - Spirited steel tycoon with the ability to see potentials where others just see ruins. Currently pulling a trick on Arcelor. Has the same idea of a pleasant weekend as I do (strolling through a steel mill).
2. Ayaan Hirsi Ali (Somalia/Netherlands) - Personalized counterdraft to the current European policy of looking away. A liberal in the best sense of the word. The fact that this person does not get more endorsement speaks volumes.
3. György Konrad (Hungary) - Dissident, banned writer and, as former German president Roman Herzog put it, "uncompromising defender of humanism". Shares this rank with actor Otto Sander (Germany).
4. Helmut Schmidt (Germany) - On this list since I first thought of it, along with Richard von Weizsäcker.
5. Edward Burtynsky (Canada) - Takes photos.

 
So who is on your Top Five?