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19 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 14 May 2008 02:13AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 03 September 2011 05:28:57PM 3 points [-]

It's telling that the Quatorze winner-picking you single out are in "high fashion, fine food, chic cafes, style, sophistication, and glamour." It's notoriously difficult to find objective measures of quality in those sectors.

17th century England was far more "libertarian" than 17th century France. And more prosperous too, right?