So: the word "meritocracy" was coined by an English baron who phoned Oxford to get his wastrel failson admitted despite having poor grades.https://twitter.com/DavidLammy/status/999349306460123143 …
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This is fascinating. Is there anything you recommend on the history of the word?
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Here’s a page from Toby Young’s memoir that gives you the gist of his dad’s book. (It’s about the only thing I remember from it, but I remember it well!)pic.twitter.com/0DvjmGfElc
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