#Meritocracy

I am really enjoying the Meritocracy Trap by Daniel Markowitz. Its descriptions of how the lives of the wealthy are different than non-wealthy, how they reproduce their success, and how

"Meritocracy" changed from "How do we ensure the best rise up?" to "How do we ensure ppl get an equal chance? Who decides who's best? How?" It was used to

Marina Veličković

MashaVelickovic

a little thread on meritocracy. When I was applying for my PhD I had access to journal articles (behind a paywall), had been taught what a research proposal looks like,

Don't confuse Western ideals of meritocracy with Christan ideals of individual responsibility.They are very different. For those asking: "Meritocracy" is the myth that societies like ours distribute power, goods, and

Robert Saunders

Good piece, as ever, by @NickCohen4 on the collapse of meritocracy. Though I'd see it slightly differently: I think Cummings passionately believes that he is *constructing* a meritocracy, in a

(((Mark Chater)))

May I recommend Michael Sandel’s Theos lecture, just given, critiquing meritocracy and tracing its ‘moral archaeology’ via Weber back to Luther, Calvin, Augustine, and Job. The full lecture is here

kwanza osajyefo

I disagree with meritocracy that was discussed by #ChristopherPriest and @JoeQuesada – it's aspiirational because it doesn't acknowledge the gaps in opportunity for Black #comics creators versus their white peers,

Alex Fitzpatrick

ArchaeologyFitz

Over the past week, I've been seeing a lot of folks consider or downright decide to leave academia after all of this...and basically across the board, they were all marginalised

hannah anderson

sometimesalight

Find the common thread:1) American myth of meritocracy2) blight of legalism in the American church 3) the fact that "no laws were broken" will satisfy too many people even when

residual // energy \ boss

did we cancel delroy edwards for being the son of ron perlman and i missed it? thinking bout this in light of the arca thing. or are we holding LGBT

On inequality/privilege: the recent discussion resonates strongly with this book I've read: Michael Sandel's Tyranny of Merit. I'll highlight the key ideas here. TLDR: meritocracy & glorifying top educational institutions

Elite overproduction is bad enough on the 90% thwarted in their expectations for high status and access to power, but is maybe even worse on the 10% who succeed only

Anna Gifty is finally on Tik Tok

It never fails to baffle me how some people are prepared their whole life for the academy, while most of us literally found out about what a PhD was in

Abubakar Suleiman

For as long as we are consumed by bitter ethnic debates, we won’t engage the generational deceit, we won’t explore meritocracy, we won’t focus on accountability.People on all sides benefiting

There are so many things we are focusing on such as #breonnataylor but Trump put out an executive order restricting diversity and inclusion programming in the US government by framing

We're very good at messaging, words, and brands. We've gotten better this year.In this thread, I'd like to point out that people who are also very good at brands, messaging,