Concern by @esrtweet that The Bell Curve's predictions have come true; the stratification of class by ability threatens our society; we will soon see a neo-Victorian rise in servants; and only intelligence-amplification tech can save us: http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=8085 @charlesmurray
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"I fear that with the reappearance of a servant class the wonderful egalitarianism of the America we have known will fade, to be replaced by a much more hierarchical and status-bound order...This prospect disgusts me; I’m a child of the Flat Century, a libertarian."
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"There is only one way out of this..We’ll need to figure out how to fight the economic and genetic drift towards an ability-stratified society by intervening at the root causes. Drugs to make people smarter; germ-line manipulation to make their kids brighter."
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