I generally agree, but we benefit from realizing everyone's potential, and this study seems to indicate we're not doing so now. There's also a political angle;

I generally agree, but we benefit from realizing everyone's potential, and this study seems to indicate we're not doing so now. There's also a political angle; Meritocracy is an important justification for American capitalism. If you can't make the argument that the system is beneficial to the whole, then there's going to be support to overturn the system.