>>11670813Fewer geniuses, fewer genius-genius interactions. Geniuses are not encouraged into university anymore (they prefer agreeable people too much).
At our wits end - a book examining the decrease in g and innovation across the western world
https://www.mdpi.com/2624-8611/1/1/15/htmA conversation about how declining g has led to declining rates of macro inovation since the 19th century (search for macro-inovation in page)
Just search for the "woodley effect"
"Human accomplishment " - Murray
Catalogs this decline since the 19th century
https://www.gwern.net/docs/sociology/2003-murray-humanaccomplishment.pdfpage 427
The genius famine, particlarly chapter 13
https://geniusfamine.blogspot.com/"The rhythm of the west" if you want to pay for it.