On: In America, Where You're Born Is Correlated With H...

[jshen]

" But focusing on that isn't, IMO, terribly useful"

I agree when we're talking about making decisions in our own lives, but we should think about it at the level of society and government. We want policies that increase opportunity,and we need to know when we are failing. Social mobility is decreasing in America, and we should do something about it.

[mindcrime → jshen]

We want policies that increase opportunity,and we need to know when we are failing.

True. Unfortunately there's quite a bit of debate about what policies are best at increasing opportunity.

[jshen → mindcrime]

I think real analysis, with real data, goes a long way. It's ideology that messes it up.