Where Are the Elites?

The author, a PhD who struggled to change a headlight bulb in a 14-year-old Volvo, uses the experience to question where modern elites are located. He describes how the bulb change triggered a check engine light that a dealership cleared for $80 with an OBD-II scanner. He argues that computerized systems leave little leeway, making errors costly and the required knowledge hard to identify. He asks whether any elites are involved at all, and whether the knowledge needed to run such systems is what elitism actually rests on.