Freiman: How Is Voting Like the SAT?

I recently had the privilege of reading an advance copy of philosopher Chris Freiman‘s Why It’s OK to Ignore Politics.  (You may know Chris from such nerdtastic venues as Unreasonable Anti-Rawls Memes).  Here’s one highlight on the cost of voting.

Yes, Freiman concedes, merely going to the polls and filling in your ballot takes an hour or so.  But filling in the ballot intelligently takes many years of time.  Here’s why:

Merely voting may only take an hour or so at periodically available, formally arranged times, but voting with care takes a much...

Freiman‘s Why