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Vox: Meritocracy makes everyone miserable and we - should get rid of it

Posted: Oct 25th, 2019 - 5:11 am

Over at Vox today, Roge Karma examines the book “The Meritocracy Trap,” which posits that meritocracy — the idea that social and economic rewards should track talent, effort, and achievement — “produces radical inequality, stifles social mobility, and makes everyone — including the apparent winners — miserable.”

The comments are great, especially the ones about doctors and surgeons.

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Vox: Meritocracy makes everyone miserable and we - should get rid of it (Views: 386, 2019-10-25, 5:11 am)
- The left has been working toward a mediocrity for years. - How long before AI instructors replace (Views: 295, 2019-10-25, 5:27 am)
- Well, if you teach those at the bottom that they are poor - because rich people took everything, (Views: 286, 2019-10-25, 5:33 am)
- Carried out to its maximum intent this would lead to - Kurt Vonnegut's 1961 classic (Views: 217, 2019-10-25, 6:11 am)
  - If I ever need surgery I want to go to a doctor who is - "just okay" (Views: 321, 2019-10-25, 6:52 am)
    - So some bridges might fall down, so what? All women - engineering team blamed for (Views: 348, 2019-10-25, 6:56 am)
- We should try out those ideas on the NBA and NFL - first. See how it works out before (Views: 223, 2019-10-25, 7:39 am)