> Some on HN bemoan the lack of a "true" meritocracy. It's useful to remember that the term "meritocracy" was first used in a novel where it was the lynchpin o

> Some on HN bemoan the lack of a "true" meritocracy. It's useful to remember that the term "meritocracy" was first used in a novel where it was the lynchpin of a dystopian social system [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rise_of_the_Meritocracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rise_of_the_Meritocracy