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The fact that affluent parents believe that genetic enhancements will improve their children’s prospects is a sign of this: They believe that ability will lead to success because they assume that their own success was a result of their ability.
- entry rites minority parents believe in their skill because they have to to survive and they did require a lot of skill (but also luck) to get to where they were with no support system. Once they’ve claimed their place among the others they want to be part of the new “class” and conform to maintain the order and the attitude that is expected of them.
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We won’t solve this by trying to improve people; we’ll only solve it by trying to improve the way we treat people.