What? What a terribly written article. The author seems upset about the use of certain words used in certain book titles, but never really makes the case for why "Meritocracy" is bad since he never really clearly defines his terms. On the one hand, he's arguing the words are being used wrong, but on the other hand, those wrong uses don't directly apply to real life as much as it does the book he's panning.
Sounds like someone needed to make a deadline and happened to be reading a book they didn't like. For those of you interested, the definition: "Meritocracy is a political philosophy holding that power should be vested in individuals almost exclusively based on ability and talent. Advancement in such a system is based on performance measured through examination and/or demonstrated achievement in the field where it is implemented." Where this breaks down IRL is, the testing. If people could devise tests to find the next Einstein or Bill Gates or Elon Musk, they would. But these people often emerge later, after standard testing fails them. Merit has to be based on people's actions and achievements and in context based on other variables. You're not going to find an accurate test for this.
What? What a terribly written article. The author seems upset about the use of certain words used in certain book titles, but never really makes the case for why "Meritocracy" is bad since he never really clearly defines his terms. On the one hand, he's arguing the words are being used wrong, but on the other hand, those wrong uses don't directly apply to real life as much as it does the book he's panning.
Sounds like someone needed to make a deadline and happened to be reading a book they didn't like. For those of you interested, the definition: "Meritocracy is a political philosophy holding that power should be vested in individuals almost exclusively based on ability and talent. Advancement in such a system is based on performance measured through examination and/or demonstrated achievement in the field where it is implemented." Where this breaks down IRL is, the testing. If people could devise tests to find the next Einstein or Bill Gates or Elon Musk, they would. But these people often emerge later, after standard testing fails them. Merit has to be based on people's actions and achievements and in context based on other variables. You're not going to find an accurate test for this.