He specifically addressed 'teen activists' (brainwashed in schools) as well, pointing out that to allow literal children to sit in emotional judgment of their society based on a one-sided presentation of the facts is the height of folly.
Knowledge And Decisions is about how bureaucrats are actually decent at their job, but the incentives are tuned towards entirely different goals than the nominal objective of the organization and there are no repercussions for failing to meet the nominal goes. It also goes into intellectuals and how they are entirely disconnected from reality.
If you pick up any of his books on race, you'll get a fun deluge of statistics. You only really read one of them though because he rehashes the same stuff with more data. He probably had contracts to publish regularly, and updating the race book seems to have been his go to when he didn't know what to write.
He specifically addressed 'teen activists' (brainwashed in schools) as well, pointing out that to allow literal children to sit in emotional judgment of their society based on a one-sided presentation of the facts is the height of folly.
Alive, yes. Kicking? For a 91 year old he's doing great, but even he is starting to get slowed down by the age
He is but mainly retired. He is in his early 90s but his books should be required reading.
That one is in my stack to read.
Knowledge And Decisions is about how bureaucrats are actually decent at their job, but the incentives are tuned towards entirely different goals than the nominal objective of the organization and there are no repercussions for failing to meet the nominal goes. It also goes into intellectuals and how they are entirely disconnected from reality.
If you pick up any of his books on race, you'll get a fun deluge of statistics. You only really read one of them though because he rehashes the same stuff with more data. He probably had contracts to publish regularly, and updating the race book seems to have been his go to when he didn't know what to write.
Exactly. I remember him talking about that when he suggested that schools teach about slavery from a global perspective