.@sapinker A route to oligarchy and tyranny. It's not just about knowledge, it's about interests. And who will do the testing? Non-starter.
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The record of intellectual elites who think they are entitled to power is not a pretty one.
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who gets to decide what "knowledge' is?
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That was the clunkiest essay I've read in a while. Perhaps a knowledge test for the epistocrats first?
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@TheNatlInterest The great thing ab democracy is every1 gets to vote. The terrible thing ab democracy is that every1 gets to vote.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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So, basically a literacy test. Where have we seen that before?
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re:epistocracy. The ballot in Oz is so complicated that uninformed people do it wrong and ballots rejected, a kind of epistocracy.
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Are you joking? Epistocracy – This is a cute euphemism for authoritarian control and oppression. History is replete with examples
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I suggest you reread the US Constitution, with emphasis on Amendments 1, 9, 13-15, 19, 23-24 & 26
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@sapinker How about replacing stupid W at least mildly educated? Income inequality? Let's start convo on education opportunity inequalityThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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I think democracy is the way to go, we just need to really modernize the education system.
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Bertrand Russell made a great case against this: who makes the knowledge test?pic.twitter.com/u6lAeqbtzj
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Didn't we already try this in the South with literacy tests?
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Democracy flawed like epistemology. Knowledge=sum of predictiveness. Vote=sum of perceived self-interest - but better than Epi
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Democracy is two wolves & a lamb deciding what to have for lunch. ~Gary Strand
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@TheNatlInterest Banning speech is the same as this, despite what the author claims. Speech definitely impacts others. The point.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@TheNatlInterest "We're super correct, but people keep disagreeing, how can we prevent them from changing anything?"Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@TheNatlInterest So a liberal vanguard party, a liberal version of Lenin's idea? Lol.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@TheNatlInterest it's just distributed technocracy and has the same problemsThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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