As a rule the people who know the most about something are the pros whose incomes depend on doing it well. The pros at judging tech talent are ventur… - Paul Graham

The stated purpose of schools is to educate the kids. But there is no external pressure to do this well.

Exponential growth is like magic. It generates outcomes that seem impossible. And that's why some politicians distrust it. They don't understand the math of exponential growth, so when they see people becoming what seems to them impossibly rich, they assume they must have cheated.

If you're hungry but too lazy to prepare healthy food, you'll consume junk food. If you're hungry for knowledge but too lazy to seek out the truth, you'll consume misinformation.