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.

Sure, I don't drink it anymore either. But in this scenario, even without equal distribution, the demand for Coke will be higher than milk in any given situation, and thus, providing Coke will be preferentially rewarded so its distribution will grow.