"today’s elite lacks the self-conscious leadership ethos that the... old boys’ network did possess" http://nytimes.com/2012/07/13/opinion/brooks-why-our-elites-stink.html …
@rezendi There is a certain arrogance that often accompanies success in a meritocracy. He's arguing for a modern form of noblesse oblige.
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@rezendi The core concept of promoting empathy in addition to merit is interesting. Hoping there are better writings than this one on it. -
@paulbaumgart I concur. But Brooks's version smacks of modern-day white-man's-burden, the colonial version of which didn't work out so well.
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