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The key thing about the theory was that it was disproven when the industrial revolution took off. Incredible amounts of innovation and production in 2 centuries that did more for h…

Class structures existed for centuries in America (despite being branded a classless society), but the difference now is that, because economic growth has been stagnant for 5 decad…

Yep. And the more the developed world stagnates, the worse the tournament will get.

Indeed. As many seek out this opportunity and as they all ramp up their efforts, the participants of the tournament will all look similar in skill and aptitude. Thus, the determini…

Excellent remark. In other words, college is a tournament. Peter Thiel was very accurate with his remarks about this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb28ZSvuKEw

You would be correct, that is indeed a large part of modern "education". See the signaling theory of education for more.

The economic pie is shrinking. Elites are spending more and more of their money sending their kids to the best prep schools and resume padding to ensure they don't slip through the…

It was not the federal government that explicitly said this (emphasis explicitly) but rather an MP for Vaughn in Ontario. His name is Adam Vaughan and he said this two weeks or so …

I live here in Toronto and it’s an absolute dumpster fire. The country is increasingly becoming hollowed out and residential investments are increasing as a % of total investments.…