This old slatestarcodex post is fascinating to revisit in the context of everything that has happened in the 7 years since it was written:

https://slatestarcodex.com/2016/07/25/how-the-west-was-won/

Since the first time I read the post, I've probably become somewhat less confident in the idea that high-entropy cultures are almost always better.

And I feel like that's a common update coming out of recent trends: trumpism and wokeness have both proven themselves high-entropy, and it's kinda hard to approve of both.

Take 10 Tibetan kids. Let them choose a cup of milk or Coke. You'll be left with 9-10 cups of milk.

milk has 15g of sugar per cup (tablespoon) vs 30g of sugar per cup for coke (or even 0 if it's zero)

i wouldn't say you'd want toake such a comparison, both are unhealthy