The Gap

There is a huge gap between two kinds of people in today's world. The smart ones and the stupid ones - although plenty of other adjectives could be used to describe them. And the stupid are getting stupider and the smart are getting smarter.

You may object to this, as an overly simplistic classification scheme. Which it may be - but it is a practical one. And has the advantage of emphasizing the immense stupidity in the world - as well as the immense intelligence.

It is important to note the number of people in each category. And observe that the stupid are much more numerous. And they are the ones who object most strenuously to this scheme of classification.

I am a refugee from Silicon Valley - where this gap was extreme. And where people refused to recognize this. They all said "Nothing bad is going on!" When things (for the most part) were as bad as they could be.

They were part of a society that hated people! And did not know this at all. And were afraid of knowing this. And this is worth noting - they live in a world where fear is pervasive! Where people are afraid of understanding their world.

But the smart people understand it - and write about it, in publication after publication, and book after book.

For example, The Cultural Axis. Reading this, made me understand Fascism and Nazism much better. From their point of view - what they were doing was completely rational!