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To: koan who wrote (494229)	7/9/2022 9:55:35 PM
From: cosmicforce	Respond to of 542213

>>I look at the history of nations and societies and the evolution of civilization. Godwin's Law notwithstanding - Nazis. Czars, or their murderers. Mao. Pol Pot. Many were well-read. Ass-holiness is not an emergent property of groups but an essential property of people. When 1000 assholes gather in a square, or When 10 MILLION assholes carrying a weapon more powerful than those of the best provisioned soldier in WW II walk unchallenged in the street. - we have a huge problem. No amount of humanities education fixes that because 5-10% of the population is continuously malfunctioning between the ears.

To: koan who wrote (494229)	7/9/2022 10:02:53 PM
From: Sam	1 Recommendation Recommended By cosmicforce Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542213

Germany may have been the best educated society in the world in the 1920s and 1930s. Indeed, a good deal of the reason why US universities flourished after WWII was due to the number of highly educated German emigres to this country. And certainly why the Manhattan Project got started and completed, for better or worse. And why the sciences in higher education flourished after the war. re: As I keep saying look around the world right now. The highly educated societies, in the main, are usually democracies, prosperous and function under the rule of law.