@jgitchell@JonHaidt@asymmetricinfo will do; Tyler Cowen pushes back hard on some of Haidt's findings; fights a bit for the higher IQ kid stuck in a boring school w an AI smartphone tutor
@presjpolk@BrianFaughnan evil genius that the Southern states correctly recognized slavery would eventually be voted away.
Coda: remember pre-war African-Amer counted 3/5th person for electoral college weighing? AFTER war, they counted 100%, were disenfranchised, and South gained all those seats. ugh!
@BrianFaughnan Growing up next to Lake Erie, I thought of Great Lakes as engines of commerce. So, this map made me take close look at that massive Caspian Sea. WTH happened? Iran is the richest, others on the C S are dirt poor?
@BrianFaughnan it's a good article. it just doesn't mention N's real advantage, density of players. I bet 11 yr old soccer players there have a ton more other players within X radius. HERE, there's just too many alternate sports. hence massive TRAVEL, the joy killer
@BrianFaughnan serious confirmation bias risk here, but my anecdotal evidence fits the book's argument: 1 beer seems to effect me much more than 2 scoops