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After all human history where jocks ruled the earth, they're now upset that nerds are becoming important?

You might be surprised by the intelligence of the ruling class from a few thousand years ago..

Not too hard to be intelligent when you have a monopoly on the means of knowledge transfer (books) and the time to persue leisurely learning.

But it all changed widespread literacy. To steal a quote from Hilbert, "No one shall expell as from the paradise Guttenberg has created".