[ExI] Dismissing Shockley was Status as human motivator

[Eugen Leitl]

On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 12:03:16PM +0200, Jones Murphy wrote:
> Shockley was paranoid about dysgenia, but there appears to be
> overwhelming eugenia going on:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flynn_effect

People are measuring shit. You should talk to guys in HR.

Which gives me the perfect prompt to mention 
http://chronopause.com/ which is really really insightful
on a number of problems, including analysis on why we fail. 

I recommend anyone on the list to read this in its
entirety. It starts here http://chronopause.com/index.php/page/5/
 
> My favorite Shockley story comes from our mutual former workplace, Bell Labs: