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Ivies manage the demographics of the study body for political reasons, but you can rest assured that this is an added priority to securing the best and brightes
by exolymph 6y ago
Ivies manage the demographics of the study body for political reasons, but you can rest assured that this is an added priority to securing the best and brightest. Prestige is rarely completely without substance.
> There's a whole world outside of this author's, full of mostly good people who just want good people to do good jobs.
I don't think you're wrong, per se, but that "mostly good people" do not rule the world, and this is no coincidence. They're not ruthless and driven enough to end up on top. See Nils Gilman's "Twin Insurgency": https://www.the-american-interest.com/2014/06/15/the-twin-insurgency/ https://www.the-american-interest.com/2014/06/15/the-twin-in...