IMHO Spencer should stay ON MESSAGE: “Yes we are genetically and culturally diff

IMHO Spencer should stay ON MESSAGE: “Yes we are genetically and culturally different. We built the ancient, and the modern worlds, and you are mere riders on our train. Yes we didn’t do it perfectly, but at least we did it – and you didn’t. It certainly appears you couldn’t. And even today you resist everything about us that made your luxury possible.”

Public Intellectuals Need A Very Small list of messages. The smaller the better. And to stay on message. (I know mine: truth is enough).

I don’t agree with Spencer’s approach since as far as I can tell any tribe can adopt aristocracy and achieve what we have done in a few generations (century or so). At least the Chinese think on that time scale. But that said, don’t shoot yourself by over-reaching.

Knowledge of one domain is not commutable to another.