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You might be surprised by the intelligence of the ruling class from a few thousand years ago..
by nickpeterson 10y ago
You might be surprised by the intelligence of the ruling class from a few thousand years ago..
- mahmud 10y agoNot too hard to be intelligent when you have a monopoly on the means of knowledge transfer (books) and the time to persue leisurely learning. But it all changed widespread literacy. To steal a quote from Hilbert, "No one shall expell as from the paradise Guttenberg has created".