> Anti-intelletualism has always lead to bad outcomes really as a whole There’s a book called “Anti-intellectualism in American Life” by Richard Hofstadter, wh

> Anti-intelletualism has always lead to bad outcomes really as a whole There’s a book called “Anti-intellectualism in American Life” by Richard Hofstadter, which explores the history of this [0]. Useful talk on HN too [1]. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-intellectualism_in_American_Life https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-intellectualism_in_Americ... [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20989342 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20989342