I'm very happy with this Facebook post of mine:
What we'd hear on TV if the news were honest:
"There was a massive meta-analysis of what factors make a country prosperous and happy. They did regressions against many variables like resources, location, climate, race, overall intelligence of the population, etc. And it turns out all of that stuff is completely irreverent. What separates the countries that are rich & happy from the ones that are poor & miserable, is that the former are more free--less government size, scope and power than the latter. And it makes so much sense. You can have the most intelligent people with the best and most resources, but if they don't have the freedom to actually use what they've got to better themselves and thus have no incentive to do so, why would they?"
This was inspired by Shane Killian's video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRlcWVrMyAwAnd inspired by Menno Henselmans' interview with Primal Edge Health noting that it is being more muscular that separates the elite from the good in just about every sport, with the vast majority of the other stuff being irreverent.
