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The rise and rise of the cognitive elite (economist.com)
18 points by ryanwaggoner on Jan 23, 2011 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments



Not a bad article. Didn't get around to sounding anything like the title until the very end though.

I liked the statistal myth-busting part the best.

It's tough to know how to best spend your mental energies: pursuing wealth for freedom's sake might be a false choice if there are indeed many public subsidies to be had. Technology should be a tide which raises all vessels.


> I liked the statistal myth-busting part the best.

Peter Saunders is an interesting thinker. I met him a few years ago at a program run by the Centre for Independent Studies here in Australia, called Liberty & Society.




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