Signal your virtue to your think-alikes, and it’s all right — whatever it is.
Our elites care more about what their peers think of them than about what they’re supposed to be doing. No wonder so many institutions are failing.
Even David Brooks is admitting it: “Our elites really do stink.” And he’s right. But why? In part because they’re inbred, and care too much about each other’s opinions.
Take newspapers etc. Lemmings.
Blithe Spirit 