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> Western civilization is based on merit This is one of the larger falsehoods I've read in a while. It's based on money, connections, favors, historical prece
by BoiledCabbage 9y ago
> Western civilization is based on merit
This is one of the larger falsehoods I've read in a while.
It's based on money, connections, favors, historical precedent and power. And it's not the only one.
- protoplant 9y agoThe book Moneyball talks about this. Well I thought it would be about baseball, but it was kind of about our ability to judge merit. It's hard even in a measurement driven sport like baseball. Sports are arguably the purist meritocracy, yet scouts were routinely missing on their evaluation of talent.
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