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I like Bezos's argument for this. He always talks about "1000 Mozarts and 1000 Einsteins". If you consider that for every million born 1 will be a genius, and t
by disambiguation 3y ago
I like Bezos's argument for this. He always talks about "1000 Mozarts and 1000 Einsteins". If you consider that for every million born 1 will be a genius, and that having more geniuses is better than not, then it makes sense to max out your population.
- ponector 3y agoBut what is the point of new Mozart or Einstein if the child cannot get proper education and realize their potential? Next Mozart could be born a slave in Mauritania or work 12h in McDonald's to barely afford some food.
- disambiguation 3y agoOh yeah you're right. In fact I just remembered the sun is going to explode in 5 billion years so it's all pointless anyway.
- ponector 3y agoMy point is we as society should focus on quality, not quantity of everything and everyone.
- disambiguation 3y agoThat's not a point, that's dull edge. Quantity vs quality is a false dichotomy, both can and have increased over time. Further, a 1000 monkeys on a typewriter could never come up with general relativity. One genius can improve quality of life for everyone.
- ponector 3y agoAnd 10000 geniuses could improve nothing if they are born in slavery and have no education.
- Melchizedek 3y agoMost geniuses cannot prosper in today’s world. Genius correlates strongly with disagreeableness and disagreeable people have a very hard time in modern organizations where sociability and rule-following are crucial. Not least in academia. We should cultivate the geniuses we do have rather than spam the earth with more people - especially people from countries with low general intelligence.
- disambiguation 3y agoWho said anything about geniuses prospering? It's about the world prospering as a byproduct of genius work. And from my POV there is already plenty of that given the dizzying pace at which tech is evolving.