https://www.isegoria.net/2025/05/investing-in-education-is-individually-rational-but-collectively-destructive/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Fri, 19 Jun 2026 04:48:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 https://www.isegoria.net/2025/05/investing-in-education-is-individually-rational-but-collectively-destructive/comment-page-1/#comment-3758103 McChuck Wed, 14 May 2025 09:01:50 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=52966#comment-3758103 Educating girls (and, let’s face it, about half of boys) beyond 8th grade is individually rational but suicidal for civilization. The same applies to allowing women to vote.

]]> https://www.isegoria.net/2025/05/investing-in-education-is-individually-rational-but-collectively-destructive/comment-page-1/#comment-3758095 Michael van der Riet Tue, 13 May 2025 18:30:56 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=52966#comment-3758095 Asian student cheating and high SAT scores: In my late teens and early twenties, at the height of my athletic prime which was never close to prime, I could have crammed playing pool and golf and riding motocross, my three favorite physical endeavors, for a hundred hours a week and never got anywhere. A seed has to fall on fertile ground.

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