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Re:Why education startups do not succeed by saraid216 on Sunday May 12, 2013 @03:42PM (#5695560)
There are, in fact, metrics that show social mobility by comparing generational incomes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socio-economic_mobility_in_the_...

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Re:Why education startups do not succeed by specialist on Sunday May 12, 2013 @07:05PM (#5696256)
The repeated "citation needed" refrain is exhausting.

As though declining social mobility is news.

Your link is the third hit my quick search. https://www.google.com/search?q=declining+social+mobility+in...

Took less time to do a quick fact check than to comment.

It's ALMOST as if geeks would rather go full pedant on tangental points rather than face uncomfortable worldviews.

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Re:Why education startups do not succeed by saraid216 on Monday May 13, 2013 @04:32PM (#5701204)
> It's ALMOST as if geeks would rather go full pedant on tangental points rather than face uncomfortable worldviews.

I hesitate to say this aloud, but I... I think geeks might be human. o.O

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