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> We won't ever know. I sure hope we will understand these things better, in the fullness of time. Even if the answer turns out to be some boring mix of cultur
by mikepurvis 6y ago
> We won't ever know.
I sure hope we will understand these things better, in the fullness of time. Even if the answer turns out to be some boring mix of cultural practices, genetics, and luck, it's still worthwhile having that understanding for the next time.
- ghaff 6y agoYeah, although "luck" is mostly just another way of saying ultimately unknowable factors caused the outcomes in some places to be better than others. I do hope and expect that we'll eventually come away with at least a partial explanatory model that doesn't lean too heavily on being an isolatable island. But an awful lot of what we've heard so far seems to be case-by-case after the fact rationalizations leavened by how the country's politicians are viewed.