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Impatient 'River' members break behavioral econ study's conclusions

A few months ago, at an economics convening, I was gifted a signed copy of ‘Hive Mind: How Your Nation’s IQ Matters So Much More Than Your Own’ by Garrett Jones. I mostly ignored it because my field of interest is AI, but today I opened to a random chapter. It was ‘Will The Intelligent Inherit The Earth?’. I’m going to outline how Jones’ takes from behavioral/development econ break on contact with The River. As Nate Silver puts it: The place where I fit in is what I call “the River”. It’s a place for people who are very analytical but also highly competitive. The archetypal activity in the…

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