By Steve Sailer
01/14/2023
From David Brooks The Atlanticvia Marginal Revolution:
The economist Tyler Cowen suggests a thought experiment to illustrate this point.
Take out a piece of paper. In one column, list all of the major problems this country faces — inequality, political polarization, social distrust, climate change, and so on. In another column, write seven words: “America has more talent than ever before.”
Cowen’s point is that column B is more important than column A. Societies don’t decline when they are in the midst of disruption and mess; they decline when they lose energy. And creative energy is one thing America has in abundance.
How is talent going to solve the first problem on Brooks’ list: inequality [of talent]?
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