@ContentOfMedia A flat structure based on 'meritocracy' becomes a hierarchy based on 'identity politics' that vilifies white women/men.
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@ContentOfMedia A flawed 'meritocratic' culture is far better than a culture of hatred and fear of others.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@nouswaves I was trying to contrast two kinds of critics of meritocracy. (I suspect B is a tribal drum-beater echoing what they're told.)1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@nouswaves If flawed meritocracy is better than anything else... A would disagree, and can make an argument.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@nouswaves Flawed meritocracy is better than hatred and fear... no one will disagree, they'll just argue over _if_ an example is hate/fear.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@ContentOfMedia That's what they'd argue over. I want to see examples of people replacing meritocracy with systems that are not awful.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@nouswaves A: Naive meritocracy reinforces common prejudices. B: What should we do instead? A: Sex and race quotas! B: No. Just No.2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
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@ContentOfMedia Thinking aloud: A isn't an argument against 'meritocracy'. It states that we're bad at measuring merit so create inequality.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@ContentOfMedia 'Merit' is a synonym of 'Good'. A argues that when we attempt to measure 'Goodness' we are either imprecise or selfish.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
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@ContentOfMedia If it's impossible for any group of people to measure anything that is good, why are we even arguing for any system?2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
@ContentOfMedia If it's possible but fraught with problems, I'd like to see systems with solutions to individual biases and better measures!
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@ContentOfMedia Otherwise this argument seems applicable to any replacement system.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@nouswaves For a specific X, one can devise a system better for X than whatever is current.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes - 12 more replies
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