> be America 2017-2023> three separate Navy ship collisions, 17 dead> powerlines start wildfire, 85 dead> ransomware shuts down half the East Coast's gas> train derails with hazardous chemicals> contaminated eye drops kill 4, blind 14> mfw complex systems are collapsing> flashback to 1920s-1960s> novel idea: hire people based on competence, not connections> SAT revolutionizes college admissions> aptitude tests sweep the nation> electrify Tennessee Valley, split atom, land on moon> feels good man> then 1960s-1970s happen> Civil Rights Act of 1964> meritocracy vs diversity collision course begins> any statistical disparity = discrimination now> competency tests for hiring basically illegal> employers scared of lawsuits> outsource screening to colleges> Harvard admission becomes golden ticket> diversity imperative everywhere> "all groups identical in talent, so equal outcomes or you're biased"> CEOs pushing diversity to please boards> HR pushing to avoid lawsuits> nobody can openly question this> the "Ask, Tell, Make" system:> Ask: "end bias plz," slating guidelines, structured interviews> Tell: diversity KPIs, carrots and sticks> white men in middle management realize they'll never get promoted> morale.exe has stopped working> Make: quotas, different standards for different groups> Harvard lawsuit reveals they penalize Asians and whites> MIT Dean personally reviews every female applicant> offers jobs to previously rejected women> nobody can explain why this produces equal quality> SAT/ACT becoming optional everywhere> Harvard Law drops LSAT requirement> medical schools dropping MCAT> bar exam getting diluted to eliminate "performance disparities"> mfw picking doctors based on diversity not competence
>>524461867> government hit hardest> FAA changes Air Traffic Controller selection> 83% white male controllers in 2014> add "Biographical Questionnaire" to tilt toward diversity> air traffic skills less important than diversity> 2023: nine near-miss incidents in three months> two planes almost collide within 100 feet> ohshit.jpg> Navy: three ship collisions, one $750M ship scuttled by fire> 77 officers interviewed off-record> diversity training prioritized over ship handling> "we'd lose to China in naval engagement"> Navy response: eliminate meritocratic tests to boost diversity> absolutely_brilliant.png> Boeing: 346 dead in two 737 MAX crashes> tools and trash left inside military tankers during construction> competency crisis in only two firms that can mass-produce airliners> effects spreading outward from government core> high performers seeing better people passed over> morale declining> competent people either retiring, coasting, or leaving> white male senior leaders disengage after minority CEO appointed> some speak up like James Damore> fired immediately> young men turning backs on college and white-collar work> normal accidents theory:> complex + tightly coupled systems = catastrophic failures inevitable> but theory assumes competency as given> what happens when competent people replaced with diversity hires?> accelerating normal accidents> 2021 Texas: cold weather, 246 dead from cascading failures> 2003: software bug causes blackout, 55M people, 100 dead> power restored in 4 days> could we do that today?> probably not> the future:> second-tier Mexican/Brazilian/South African city> power outages common> tap water unsafe> hospital infections often fatal> that's America's future
>>524461891> tfw inherited highest standard of living in human history> systematically dismantled competency for diversity> baby boomers with tacit knowledge retiring> nobody competent to replace them> complex systems failing> can't even maintain what we have> we're so back (to the third world)> mfw diversity is our greatest strength
>>524461867Accelerationism, please, rip it like a band aid. >We have to break a few eggs to make an omelette.
I implore you to consider that accelerationism is the only solution.
>>524461914It doesn't help that we're flooding all of our resources into AI as if that's going to change the outcome.
>>524461867The answer you're looking for. Essentially, you're looking for an equation of minimum intelligence before someone becomes a drag to the people around them rather than a benefit. Roughly, it takes 10 people to support 1, based on large scale economic data. Somewhere between 90 & 100 IQ reaches the sweet spot that is the minimum intelligence required for civilization to function. Mathematically, you will see that if you sabotage 5% of a populations average intelligence through selective murders, abortions, fetal death syndrome, abduction, medical errors, etcetera Just 5% and an average civilization become 95 IQ, and you reach the boundary of the minimum threshold, so society starts destroying itself for you, the idiots do all of the work destroying everything by consuming more than they produce, and wasting thousands of dollars to steal hundreds of dollars, and victimizing children instead of mating with a partner.
>>524462022AI is helping the enemies of USA more. The gods protect only the strong
>>524461867Civil rights and everything else were all Jewish Soviet plots to undermine American hegemony. MLK Jr was a USSR asset with a Jewish handler and was killed by the CIA.
