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.
:farquaad-point: the economist believes in a meritocracy!
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That and "the football equivalent of a president" - is both
terrible phrasing (you can easily misinterpret that as footballs themselves having leaders)
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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he is the same age as me :chomsky-yes-honey:
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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
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