“A meritocracy is not a real thing. It is a joke.” http://www.garann.com/dev/2012/you-keep-using-that-word/ …
@smcbride the intellectual premise of the piece is erroneous (see: ancient china) and the spirit of the piece is sad. excellence is real.
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@micsolana As far as I can tell, the word WAS created as satire. And I think coming up with a useful way to define "merit" is problematic. -
@smcbride the origin of the word in english is irrelevant. meritocracy existed in ancient china. it isn't some crazy, new bogeyman. - Show replies
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@micsolana I also don't understand the ancient China reference.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@micsolana Put another way: Excellence is real, but there are many orthogonal types of it that are all valuable. Many are ignored.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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