It makes me think a republic is the best form of governance possible among humans, as long as the real smarties are running the show and they have good priors. Real smarties with bad priors may be worse than average successful achievers with good priors.
BTW, how does this insight change your view about Aristocracy/Monarchy versus Democracy as a form of government?
It wouldn’t change mine much. The point is that all these people were pretty much selected, and not born to it.
Now, it does make me wonder about the Chinese mandarins...
It makes me think a republic is the best form of governance possible among humans, as long as the real smarties are running the show and they have good priors. Real smarties with bad priors may be worse than average successful achievers with good priors.