Why super-smart people may be drawn to a life of crime

Re:Why super-smart people may be drawn to a life of crime by VLM on Monday March 06, 2017 @09:15AM (#13802711)

When a culture and economy are in general decline, lots of equations indoctrinated into kids along the lines of "do ABC, get XYZ" will be broken, and the smart kids will feel ripped off and at the same time have the agency, time preference, and logical thinking skills to achieve XYZ anyway, just perhaps while bending the rules.

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Re:Why super-smart people may be drawn to a life of crime by saxonklaxon on Monday March 06, 2017 @09:41AM (#13802891)

The most dangerous one being when educated, middle class young men can't find wives or a middle class income. Then revolutionary forces start to brew.

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Re:Why super-smart people may be drawn to a life of crime by FabHK on Monday March 06, 2017 @10:59AM (#13803497)

Will be interesting to see what will happen in China, where (due to selective abortion during the one-child policy, and more independent women that don't feel obliged to marry) there'll be tens of millions of young men that won't be able to find a wive (estimates are 160 men for 100 women that want to marry).

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Re:Why super-smart people may be drawn to a life of crime by anonnyj on Monday March 06, 2017 @10:23AM (#13803210)

Memes and waifus may be working towards making that particular reaction less potent in developed countries.

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Re:Why super-smart people may be drawn to a life of crime by cryoshon on Monday March 06, 2017 @11:46AM (#13803826)

on the contrary, the rage surrounding the opposite sex is a core element of the alt right's platform. couching discontent via memes is still expressing it.

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