Originally Posted by Bostonian
the prestige and ever-increasing wealth of Harvard et al. suggest that these institutions know what they are doing.

There's a causality problem here, because going to Harvard or Yale often leads one to riches and/or fame... but those qualities are often necessary to attend in the first place.

Originally Posted by Bostonian
If you assume that people are self-interested and will try to game any system created, you will not despair and burrow under a scrap heap.

Yes, the supremacy of sociopathic greed in our society comforts me like a cup of warm milk.