Interestingly enough, institutionalized meritocracy always selects for mediocrity, not excellence. Actual excellence is a subversive threat to models of merit.
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My pet name for this: ‘ladder-minded’ — for the sort of people who, if they see a ladder leaning against a wall, race to climb it, with no thought to where it goes, who put it there, or what’s around the corner.
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I think we’re talking about opposite things. Maze bright - self-aware, calculated playing of games set up by others, but to your standards.
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