Mini-essay on what the intellectual elite know, ignorance, and the inventions driving human progress: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=165938533888688&id=100014176268390 …
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Pinker sums up much of the underlying issue here: https://twitter.com/michael_nielsen/status/800026401894076416 … Makes me wonder if the "fake news" is "the news"
Incidentally, I also (loosely, less systematically) follow Rosling, which makes my 7/8 a bit suspect. Take w a grain of salt