Comment on A belief in meritocracy is not only false: it’s bad for you (2020)parentComments−aspenmayer4yThe concept of merit itself is phenomenologically suspect. We don’t live in a platonically ideal world. Merit is a subjective distinction and is thus itself able to be gamed, and it is by those with the means and the gumption.
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The concept of merit itself is phenomenologically suspect. We don’t live in a platonically ideal world. Merit is a subjective distinction and is thus itself able to be gamed, and it is by those with the means and the gumption.