> I'm not sure what's more amusing/depressing: that these people believe any shift on the order of magnitude the book described in the article predicts will per

> I'm not sure what's more amusing/depressing: that these people believe any shift on the order of magnitude the book described in the article predicts will permit continued functioning of society in a way that supports these individuals' wealth, or that these individuals believe that their wealth puts them in a "cognitive elite." It's a tautology of modern western culture that if you're rich, you must be smart, so.. yes.