Setting aside the larger question of whether imposing national education standards is a legitimate function of a limited federal government, let's turn to the specific question of whether or not national standards will lead to education reforms.

CNN: Competition, Not Standards

If we accept Mr. Taleb's premise about power-law ascendancy, we are left with a troubling question: How do you function in a world where accurate prediction is rarely possible, where history isn't a reliable guide to the future and where the most important events cannot be anticipated?

WSJ: Shattering the Bell Curve

But the deeper question is how much does the abuse of the Like function undermine their value, and by extension the value of the search results based on them?

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