• How can we address inequality?

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    Addressing inequality involves various strategies and perspectives discussed in different episodes and clips.

    1. Boosting Global IQ:

      • Improve public health, education, and childhood nutrition in poorer countries to boost their national IQ. This could lead to a virtuous cycle of increased productivity and better public health outcomes 1.
    2. Genetic Inequality:

      • Use government intervention to make advanced genetic technologies accessible to those from lower socio-economic backgrounds to prevent exacerbating inequalities 2.
    3. Quest for Equality:

    4. Meritocracy and Equality:

      • Creating a merit-based system, as seen historically in Napoleon's era, can open opportunities for talented individuals from humble backgrounds to rise to the top, fostering a socio-political structure that values merit over nepotism 5.
    5. Government Size and Inequality:

      • Tyler Cowen discusses the critique that large governments may threaten societal equality and points out that effective, though smaller, government with fair regulations, can still allow new sectors and innovations to flourish without increasing inequality excessively 6.

    Each of these approaches addresses inequality from various angles—public health, genetic advancement, historical precedents, meritocracy, and governmental reforms.

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