I think the lesson from the past fifty years of government programs is that approaching a problem by first throwing more money at it paradoxically tends to make things worse
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Replying to @alicemazzy @munin
probably because it increases incentives for rent-seeking. revitalized spirit and reimagined design has to come first
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certainly the people who end up most capable tend to be those who react against the system rather than go along with it
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reminded of a study that valedictorians tend to end up thoroughly mediocre, "success" within the system is a function of moderate intelligence and absolute obedience
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if I were in the social manipulation business I'd be encouraging upper-middle class parents to shun the system in favor of quasi-homeschooling
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form small community compacts, parents do some teaching, hire away best teachers at better rates than schools offer to have expertise/rounding-out
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in this way getting most of the benefits of both approaches without parents having to exit the labor force unless they actually want to
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with the major downside being the externalized cost of depriving public schools of talent, which given how underutilized it is doesn't strike me as that grievous a wrong to the commons
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the design is necessarily elitist but this is essentially a political argument. I do believe a competent and spirited elite is a necessary precondition to fixing things down the hierarchy
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