some interesting stuff on the web

Some interesting things I’ve found on the web recently:

There’s a  working paper by two political scientists that suggests that female rulers have historically been more likely than men to get their counties embroiled in wars.

And at Upon Hope there’s a link to a YouTube video by the notorious Roosh V in which he asks why we are educating (or rather over-educating) women. It has to be said that he makes quite a lot of sense and offers a rather devastating critique of feminism and the harm it does to women. And I think Mark makes a lot of sense when he suggests that most people, both men and women, need no more than an 8th grade education. Over-educating the young is a mistake. It’s an even bigger mistake to think that the best way to learn things is by going to university. In most jobs the nest way to learn is to learn on the job.