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A belief in meritocracy is not only false: it’s bad for you
- known 8y ago"You are a product of your environment" --Clement Stone https://news.osu.edu/intrinsic-motivation-doesnt-exist-researcher-says/ https://news.osu.edu/intrinsic-motivation-doesnt-exist-resea... http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2008/12/02_cortex.shtml http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2008/12/02_corte...
- Proven 8y ago> However, it does demonstrate that the link between merit and outcome is tenuous and indirect at best. I don't care if the link is weak or strong, I just want to be able to choose whether I want to be surrounded (or even managed) by useless people at work. The author complains meritocracy causes selfishness and at the same time claims there's little reason to believe meritocracy actually directly and personally benefits the person with according to their merits. Which is it, then? And if I know the link between my merits and benefits is tenuous at best but still prefer meritocracy, how does that make me selfish? The article looks completely wrong, I don't buy any of its arguments against meritocracy.
- MockObject 8y ago> Although widely held, the belief that merit rather than luck determines success or failure in the world is demonstrably false. This is not least because merit itself is, in large part, the result of luck. The problem is that, if people really acted with this knowledge, their motivation would be greatly diminished. Some fictions are useful.