235. Thomas Sowell: The Life and Work of the Legendary Social Theorist (Jason Riley)
The Michael Shermer Show
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The Shift From Eugenics to Bias
Eugenics was largely a left leaning, liberal, progressive, even movement. The shift from believing in eugenics to believing in bias is consistent with the sort of conflict of visions that bess talks about. He lays out these o these two broad visions in this book. One believes there are sort of limits to human betterment. That am we might want to end war or indiscrimination or end poverty,. But that's unlikely to happen. So the best that we can do is to put in place institutions and processes that help us deal with problems as best we can.
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