Yes, the problem with midwits though is that because they serve bureauocracies so well, tending towards meticulous rule following and easily led by ideology, they are often elevated past thier ability and then begin mucking things up. Covid is a great example. If they stayed cubicle jockeys, timeservers and jobsworths it would be fine. C…
Yes, the problem with midwits though is that because they serve bureauocracies so well, tending towards meticulous rule following and easily led by ideology, they are often elevated past thier ability and then begin mucking things up. Covid is a great example. If they stayed cubicle jockeys, timeservers and jobsworths it would be fine. Currently, they are waaaay over-represented in high levels of government, NGO's and education.
But eventually those institutions will face unexpected challenges and start to fail if there are only midwits. Then you have the pernicious effect of destructive and bogus ideologies.
Well, I'm not sure it's useful to conflate those of "merely average" intellect (God forbid!) with those who are simply self-serving, lazy, and/or easily manipulated.
Yes, the problem with midwits though is that because they serve bureauocracies so well, tending towards meticulous rule following and easily led by ideology, they are often elevated past thier ability and then begin mucking things up. Covid is a great example. If they stayed cubicle jockeys, timeservers and jobsworths it would be fine. Currently, they are waaaay over-represented in high levels of government, NGO's and education.
You want competent midwits running mature institutions.
But eventually those institutions will face unexpected challenges and start to fail if there are only midwits. Then you have the pernicious effect of destructive and bogus ideologies.
Yup, Nothing lasts forever.
Sic transit
(That's what I said while riding on the subway ....)
amen
Well, I'm not sure it's useful to conflate those of "merely average" intellect (God forbid!) with those who are simply self-serving, lazy, and/or easily manipulated.
I never did.