alt Hacker Newswhy can't we go "wow they're getting really good, maybe we should invest harder in education and research?" That makes wayyy more sense to me
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jacquesm • yesterday at 3:51 AM
Because it would first require one to acknowledge that they are no longer ahead. In some cultures this sort of thing is extremely difficult.
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_DeadFred_ • yesterday at 5:07 PM
In the west greater education doesn't lead to people wanting to live in a factory compound in communal dorms with suicide nets where they can be woken up at midnight to start a shift on a whim. Doesn't lead to people wanting to eat all their meals in a cafeteria with the other people on their shift. The factories I visited even their children went to school in a school within the compound.
Comedian Ronny Chieng has a bit about this: (sorry for short) https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1cmCueTZz1A