15 books that will leave you changed - Razib Khan's Unsupervised Learning
https://razib.substack.com/p/15-books-that-will-leave-you-changed

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"When examinations fell out of favor, as occurred during the Eastern Han, the Tang, and the Yuan, the consequences were inevitable. A coterie of great families, or ruling castes, came to dominate the administration, and unattached youth of talent were excluded and marginalized. The testing regime was uniformly disliked by the aristocrats because they already had power, connections, and polish."

Applying IQ to IQ - @razibkhan@mstdn.foxfam.club
https://razib.substack.com/p/applying-iq-to-iq

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What Happened to the Democrats Who Never Accepted Bush’s Election - #POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/12/19/2004-kerry-election-fraud-2020-448604

They're right about one thing at least: we should reject electronic voting.

Via @razibkhan@mstdn.foxfam.club

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@checkervest #RazibKhan has recommendations for history books here: https://www.gnxp.com/WordPress/2017/06/12/books-i-suggest-you-read-so-you-wont-be-misled-as-often/

(His ten desert island books are https://www.gnxp.com/WordPress/2020/10/23/ten-books-to-read-on-the-island/ )

I haven't read any of them myself, alas.

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