A better argument starts from the observation that revolutions are generally bad things for all involved. Which is why the smart thing to is to throw the lower orders sufficient bones that they never… (View Post)

Like the recent Red/Blue School Wars thing, which I think was traced back to a bored windup merchant on TikTok. (View Post)

However, giving the dominance of Oxford PPE in governments over the years, there's an obvious gap in the market for teaching people to govern well. (View Post)

More generally, places that have lost their old purpose and either haven't found a new one or don't like their new purpose. So ex-industrial, ex-resorts, or overrun with commuters. And befo… (View Post)

There's also a big pipeline effect here. In the late 1990s, there were about 5000 medical school places a year, who feed forward to properly senior doctors now. We've now got roughly twice … (View Post)