<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>On Oct 25, 2558 BE, at 10:12 AM, Adrian Tymes <<a href="mailto:atymes@gmail.com">atymes@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 8:51 PM, Mike Dougherty <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:msd001@gmail.com" target="_blank">msd001@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">On Oct 24, 2015 8:57 PM, "Dan TheBookMan" <<a href="mailto:danust2012@gmail.com" target="_blank">danust2012@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Hive-Mind-Your-Nation%C2%92s-Matters/dp/0804785961" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/Hive-Mind-Your-Nation%C2%92s-Matters/dp/0804785961</a></p>
<p dir="ltr">I assume that if a hive mind is inevitable then only one person needs to read it for it to become part of the hive. </p>
<p dir="ltr">If a hove mind is not inevitable, then why would I need to read about the hive mind? </p>
<p dir="ltr">:)</p></blockquote><div>In order to help bring it about, or prevent it, or modify the possible conditions under which it might come? ;) </div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>None of the above. From the description, it appears to be a metaphor or maybe he's saying we already have something like it. It's supposedly about a nation's average IQ being a more important predictor than individual IQ. Put another way: what he seems to conclude -- I haven't read it -- is that it's better to be in a nation whose average intelligence is high as opposed to having intelligence in a nation whose average intelligence is much lower.</div><div><br></div><div>This seems to not be much of a surprise. One can be easily imagine a bunch of people with higher average intelligence would have an overall better multiplier for things like cognitive specialization. Imagine Einstein or a Hawking stuck in a society of unimaginative dolts. But I imagine he puts more into than just a set of cute analogies and humorous anecdotes.</div><br><div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height: 20px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Regards,</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height: 20px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height: 20px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Dan</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> Sample my Kindle books via:</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dan-Ust/e/B00J6HPX8M/" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.amazon.com/Dan-Ust/e/B00J6HPX8M/</font></a></div></div></div></body></html>