Just How Nepotistic Are We?
How bad is America’s nepotism problem? Can data science help us gauge its depth? It can — and what the data shows is that something has gone haywire.[...] There are plenty of countries that are worse. Over the past 50 years, being the son of a leader of North Korea increased your probability of being a leader of North Korea by a factor of infinity An infinite advantage to having a powerful father has been common in human history.
Ooh we can find out how bad it is without data science:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_Stephens-Davidowitz
Stephens-Davidowitz was born on September 15, 1982, in Englewood, New Jersey[1] into a Jewish family,[8] son of Esther Davidowitz and Mitchell Stephens.[9]
Mitchell Stephens (born August 16, 1949) is an American professor of journalism and mass communications at New York University's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute.
how is this person a phd, this reads like its written by someone failing first year undergrad
Right? It's a fucking goldmine. I love it.
Has any modern family dominated a meritocracy the way that the Bushes dominate politics? I could not find one. The Mannings, in football, probably come closest. But while Archie Manning, the father of two Super Bowl-winning quarterbacks, Peyton and Eli, was a solid N.F.L. player, he was hardly the football equivalent of a president.
That and "the football equivalent of a president" - is both
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terrible phrasing (you can easily misinterpret that as footballs themselves having leaders)
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ridiculous comparison because football already has a President of the NFL. That's the closest comparison - and it would maybe reinforce his point because Roger Goodel's dad was a Senator
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lol i was just dooming at you calling a dude in his late 30s a boomer cos it makes me feel like chomsky looks
now get off my lawn whippersnapper
In other words, it is virtually impossible, statistically speaking, that Bushes are consistently the most talented people to lead our country.
I'd argue they have a zero percent hit rate
american nepotism: are we nepotistic? how nepotistic are we? let's find out
The stupidity and rube like credulousness of Liberal American Academia never ceases to amaze me.
*who has a PHD. This guy is at least asking questions. The majority of :blob-no-thoughts: both libs and chuds are so confident in their bullshit they don't even ask questions.
This guy doesn't work anywhere, he just writes New York Times op-eds.
plz bully https://twitter.com/SethS_D/status/1526021874655891458
