The author, Miles Mathis, discusses the tragedy of IQ statistics and their impact on employment, contrasting the situation of those with low IQs with those of high IQs. He begins by referencing a Jordan Peterson video that highlights the issue of the bottom 10% of the population being unqualified for military service, suggesting this implies they are largely unemployable. Mathis argues this problem, while significant, could be easily solved by banning automation and robots in workplaces, as these technologies have displaced unskilled labor. He criticizes the notion that this is irreversible progress, calling it corporate propaganda.
Mathis then shifts to what he considers a more terrifying issue: the lack of meaningful employment for many, including the highly intelligent. He contends that much of the work in modern US society is unnecessary, destructive, or predatory, citing examples in food production, the medical industry (especially in relation to the Covid pandemic), politics, media, intelligence, science, and academia. He argues that universities have been co-opted by the “corporatocracy,” leaving few decent jobs.
The author then focuses on the plight of the upper 10% and especially the upper 1% of IQ. He uses himself as an example, stating he has never found a desirable job in the American system. He mentions Chris Langan, who has one of the highest IQs, works as a bartender, and Marilyn vos Savant, whose mainstream job involves solving puzzles for Parade magazine, while also acknowledging her writing and lecturing. Mathis believes that interesting, creative jobs are often taken by the children of billionaires, regardless of merit. He expresses disdain for jobs that require promoting corporate or government interests, such as acting or writing for propaganda purposes.
Mathis argues that fields like fine art and science have been corrupted by propaganda, salesmanship, and financial manipulation, with talented individuals excluded. He believes top scientists are often fronts for billionaires, publishing unread books and making absurd pronouncements. He recounts his own experiences of being pushed toward corporate or military paths, and when he refused, being marginalized. He found some refuge in the Santa Fe art scene but encountered similar pressures to conform.
The author believes the system actively tries to “quash” him online, seeking to slander, censor, and ignore him for not conforming. He contrasts the rhetoric of free expression with the reality of intolerance for questioning mainstream narratives in science, art, literature, or history.
Ultimately, Mathis concludes that the purposeful suppression of the top 10% is a far greater tragedy than the displacement of unskilled workers. He argues that these highly intelligent individuals, who could drive significant advancements, are being “dumbed-downed, controlled, and drugged” and are instead “clogging up those channels.” He believes the only hope is to nurture young minds with truth, free from propaganda, to facilitate the revolution in physics and sciences he anticipates.
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