#Meritocracy

(1/n) Several times I've tried to condense what my favourite articles are. I've never quite been able to come up with a list. It's constantly changing as I read more.
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I’m tearing up. I’m so happy. I’ve been wishing for this day for ten years now. Can’t believe it’s real! And the severed arm omg! My degree is in History
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So.On the heels of the AXIOS interview, we REALLY have to discuss Donald Trump's murderous delusion and how American media has both enabled him and intentionally covered up his madness.I
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So. We all know Donald Trump is a total failure and fraud. We need to talk about how the mythology of Trump was constructed and used by the Republican Party
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Good thread, by a foreigner who rode the full American rollercoaster, assessing the unique advantages of American culture (that Americans, particularly the fashionable elite, too often forget).As someone who also
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I’ve been thinking about this use case that @CryptoCobain is after and it’s reminded me of where my head was at with Quadratic Voting a few years ago. DeFi wasn’t
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I think A-level algorithm by design makes it impossible for any individual student to get A* grade if attend institution where predecessor students 2017-19 did not score A*. Being best
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I'm currently reading "Me and White Supremacy" by Layla Saad - will review at the end of the month - and trying to engage more actively in anti-racism. Just saw
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The federal government is inducting its leaders into the cult of "microaggressions," "microassaults," and "microinequities."I've received leaked documents from the Department of Homeland Security telling wh
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I’ve been thinking today about the significance of your ‘results day’ experience and how this can genuinely shape your perception of yourself and your academic potential. Specifically, I have been
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What do Texas educators want for Teacher Appreciation Week?We want the right to teach multiple perspectives & talk about current events w/ students. HB3979 is up for vote on Tues
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As the 1st BW to graduate from Yale astro w a PhD in astrophysics, I was asked to comment on the racist dept emails sent by senior faculty in this
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A THREAD on insightful timeless ideas shared by @naval during 2011-13:1/To everyone saying that college is about connections and soft stuff - sure, but there are ways to do that
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I play for a football club. Not a very good one, in fact we're in the lowest possible rung of the football pyramid, plying our trade in the (formerly) RT
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RE: last thread - I think a lot of us need to learn how to deal with jealousy much more effectively. Social media exacerbates envy x100 - and then can
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I see Ruth Shalit has been up to her old shit. Good for The Atlantic to offer a mea culpa as part of their corrections, but I also want to
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