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by antoineMoPa 2049 days ago
This assumes we can really empower brilliant people all over the globe.
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Unless more of the world falls out of economic development, the opposite of the trend we've seen for decades, the Einsteins born in areas that can empower them will increase in number proportionally. In fact, our current accounting of Einsteins is limited to the ones that were empowered, so if trends continue we should expect a larger than proportional increase.