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    1. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 17 Jul 2016
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      Yeah, this seems a cogent argument for the superiority of the status quo to previous alternatives, >

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    2. Buck Buck McFate‏ @vulgus_regula 17 Jul 2016
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      the lack of credibility of the state is in full view of avg people b/c of the internet.

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    3. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 17 Jul 2016
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      yes, exactly

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    4. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 17 Jul 2016
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      The status quo is *highly* intelligent, as people who try to go stateless find out.

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    5. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 17 Jul 2016
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      It still is; but my lightly-held theory is that the cognitive skills to keep it running are decaying

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    6. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 17 Jul 2016
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      one lesson I took from FF is how strongly it endures. German state persisted unchanged since Jena, including 2 world wars

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    7. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 17 Jul 2016
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      Yes; otoh, he says that’s dependent on the systematic-mode university, which is under severe stress; >

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    8. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 17 Jul 2016
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      > and the internet is empowering anti-systematic forces in new and possibly overwhelming ways.

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    9. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 17 Jul 2016
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      I think the part of the academy that fuels the state is actually fine. It's the part that fuels the market economy that's messy

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    10. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 17 Jul 2016
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      Say more? I see the humanities (which is where the power elite are educated) in shambles due to pomo; STEM mostly still OK

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      Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 17 Jul 2016
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      Ed to run state is mostly about creating insti solidarity to beat back vetocracy. Those who need knowledge self-learn

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        2. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 17 Jul 2016
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          That group (70%?) pays retail capital costs (no nice loan forgiveness), gets edu that's useless for making a living on mkt

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        3. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 17 Jul 2016
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          Yes… so are those people just dead-enders to be pitied, or are they an agentive force?

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        2. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 17 Jul 2016
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          “Yes, Minister” iow. Otoh, the high-level British civil servants all went to Oxbridge… US equivalents, to Ivies I imagine.

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        3. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 17 Jul 2016
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          And the Ivies seem to be close to memetic implosion. Can they adequately educate high-level federal officials of 2040?

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        1. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 17 Jul 2016
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          As you say, STEM also mostly okay if a bit over-priced. Big issue is non-STEM that does not get absorbed into govt/non-profits

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        1. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 17 Jul 2016
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          In my experience, federal govt at least is pretty competent. Just very constrained by vetocratic political process. Local=mess

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