Comment by skibidithink

1 day ago

It's only positive sum if they grew because of affirmative action. And if affirmative action caused net friction, it'd be a Moloch.

Are you assuming elite college admission counts are rigid in the count of people admitted because of real teaching constraints or reducing the supply of prestige?

  • None of my arguments require any assumption on why. But I would say that it's because of prestige and signaling.