Great read!

My takeaway:

...the rate at which ISIS’ intellectual capital spreads depends on how many young engineers join the ranks of its affiliates. According to an analysis by researchers at the University of Oxford, at least 48 percent of non-Western jihadist recruits went to college, and nearly half of those were engineers.

48% of college graduates puts them so far ahead of the local general population that it might as well be run in the local version of Cambridge, MA. "Best and Brightest" indeed.