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Asia, from Victor Niederhoffer

January 12, 2011 |

As always everyone is afraid to put a Galtonian take on the findings about Asia. It tends to break down the idea that has the world in its grip. That a proper intervention and social structure can create human achievement and happiness, a key aspect of interventionism.

Rocky Humbert responds: 

Many of the generalities in that article reflect the values, lifestyles and aspirations that Europeans (particularly emigre Russians, Germans & Jews) held, and brought to the USA in the early 20th century…perhaps including the Chair's ancestors. If one looks at the demographics of the valedictorians and concertmasters of Stuyvesant High School/Bronx Science/City College over the last century, one will see a procession from WASP to Jew to Asian.

There's nothing fearful or shameful about this. It reflects the greatness and opportunity of America.

One also notes that the prominence of Workmen's Circle and Eastern European Concertmasters correlates (when Jascha Heifetz was a recording star.) Not many Asians at the top-of-the-pop-charts, eh?


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