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The Straussian Moment
gwern.net“There is something very odd about a society where the most talented people get all tracked toward the same elite colleges, where they end up studying the same small number of subjects and going into the same small number of careers… It’s very limiting for our society as well as for those students.”
David Perell • Peter Thiel’s Religion
Thomas Sowell
en.wikipedia.org • Thomas Sowell - Wikipedia


Recent debates on X have , among other things, brought forth the purported underachievement attitude of the American education and children's upbringing. I have voiced my serious reservations regarding that point, to put it mildly.
Many of my own ideas on this matter have been heavily influenced by @DavidEpstein's book... See more
Bryan Caplan has proposed a national “Voter Achievement Exam.” Each year (or maybe before an election) the government offers a voluntary test which covers basic political information and basic social scientific matters. Citizens who take the exam get a cash prize, pays a thousand dollars for getting 90–100 percent of the questions right, five hundr
... See moreJason Brennan • Against Democracy: New Preface
