Re:The Disadvantages of Being Stupid
by rkb555 on Thursday June 16, 2016 @07:10PM
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Excellent Article in the Atlantic
I think one major disadvantage of being stupid is in getting financial services. If you aren't smart, you'll get ripped off. Particularly pre-financial crisis, credit card companies, auto lenders, banks, etc. will come with a bunch of tricks that rip people off. These companies are much smarter than the average Joe. And then as a society, we often say the solution is financial education rather than treating people fairly.
Re:The Disadvantages of Being Stupid
by taxicabjesus on Friday June 17, 2016 @05:25PM
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Sometimes I got to talking to my passengers, and they'd soon ask, "what are you doing driving a taxi?" They thought someone with a very expensive college degree ought to be doing something more remunerative.
Intelligence is not genetic, it is cultivated. I grew up upper-middle-class, and my mother made an effort to feed us well.
John Taylor Gatto says [1][2] that public schools are specifically designed to dumb down the vast majority of its conscripts, which makes sense to me.
I think one major disadvantage of being stupid is in getting financial services. If you aren't smart, you'll get ripped off. Particularly pre-financial crisis, credit card companies, auto lenders, banks, etc. will come with a bunch of tricks that rip people off. These companies are much smarter than the average Joe. And then as a society, we often say the solution is financial education rather than treating people fairly.
Intelligence is not genetic, it is cultivated. I grew up upper-middle-class, and my mother made an effort to feed us well.
John Taylor Gatto says [1][2] that public schools are specifically designed to dumb down the vast majority of its conscripts, which makes sense to me.
[1] https://books.google.com/books?id=OYzvBFsob0oC&printsec=fron... [2] https://libcom.org/library/against-school-john-taylor-gatto