> thinking the system has to be the same for everyone True. The problem is meritocracy quickly falls apart when humans are responsible for implementing it, for

> thinking the system has to be the same for everyone True. The problem is meritocracy quickly falls apart when humans are responsible for implementing it, for example see the recent celebrity college admission bribery scandal. The Netflix series "3%" is based on this. Given we don't radically change the % of GDP spent on education, a single system focussing on the lowest common denominator makes sense. I mean, we could coddle your genius, but if the trade-off is lack of workers, or a society that succumbs to populist autocracy...