[ExI] overcoming adversity

Fri May 17 19:50:47 UTC 2019

From: extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> On Behalf Of Adrian Tymes
Subject: Re: [ExI] overcoming adversity

>…It's racism on the university's part.  Spike's idea is about subverting that to the notional detriment of the racists.

Hey thanks Adrian I never thought of that angle.  {8^D

It isn’t so much I want to subvert the system.  I want to use it.  I want to use it as a blunt instrument to bludgeon the university scholarship system into bloody submission.

This all makes perfect sense: the high-achiever crowd goes to absurd lengths to get up in the thin air on the SAT.  It is unconscionable to think the highest achievers could have it all taken away because their parents made too much interest income.  This is particularly true when we realize one can invest in non-dividend bearing stock funds, show no interest income on the 1040 while still earning appreciation, BOOM, junior is now an overcomer of adversity, he’s in.

spike

On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 11:31 AM William Flynn Wallace <foozler83 at gmail.com <mailto:foozler83 at gmail.com> > wrote:

Well, make up your mind - are you talking about adversity or diversity?  Since you are descended from a minority you could claim diversity.  But if you claimed adversity then you are saying that you are hurt and held back in some way because of the minority genes and that's racism.

bill w

On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 1:03 PM <spike at rainier66.com <mailto:spike at rainier66.com> > wrote:

Hey check this:

https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/16/us/sat-adversity-score/index.html

Since we have heard so much lately about rich people and celebrities cheating to get their children into biggity big schools, this adversity score business gives me an idea.  Instead of SAT classes that will coach students to get higher SAT scores, we use their existing scores and coach them to maximize their adversity.  

For instance, a DNA test can probably turn up evidence of being descended from a minority (I have that.)  If the diversity score takes into account a family income, one facing retirement might strategically arrange to postpone collection of pensions until after college admissions are complete for instance.

If the diversity score takes into account the size of the bank account, a family could draw out all their money and purchase something that doesn’t change much and doesn’t show up on any asset list, such as platinum.  If one is holding platinum, one damn well better not reveal it.  For the risk takers, there is BitCoin, which also is not reportable (and have you seen what happened to the value of that stuff in the past month, sheesh.)

We could set up a business to help people maximize adversity.

spike

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