Best at 'measurable proxies of merit' is exactly what I think people should speak plainly about and fight for. But, instead we have people that think that beca

Best at 'measurable proxies of merit' is exactly what I think people should speak plainly about and fight for. But, instead we have people that think that because merit cannot be perfectly measured we should stop attempting to find meritocracy and instead to select randomly. Random selection must be worse than a measurable proxy. I gain nothing personally from this system, because I didn't travel through a top college. But I do not think it's in my interests to completely destroy societies way of selecting people into important positions based on some idea of 'merit'.