Lumifer comments on Innovation's low-hanging fruits: on the demand or supply sides? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Lumifer 28 February 2014 04:03:23AM 1 point [-]

Part of that is whether the school is full of undisciplined kids prone to violence.

At the low end, yes. At the high end what matters is basically whether it's cool to be smart.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 28 February 2014 04:20:09AM 0 points [-]

Either way, my point is that it depends on the other kids more than the schools themselves.

Comment author: Lumifer 28 February 2014 05:47:31AM 2 points [-]

It's a feedback loop. The kind of kids you have (from what families they come, with what IQ and what culture) is very much determined by the kind of town this is and that certainly drives the school reputation.