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I don't think of the meritocracy is about rewarding or punishing. Meritocracy is about finding the best person for the job. Who has shitty parents, who has a
by JamesBarney 5y ago
I don't think of the meritocracy is about rewarding or punishing. Meritocracy is about finding the best person for the job. Who has shitty parents, who has a quick mind, who dies of a cancer at 17. None of it is fair, and your job is only one very small part of that unfairness.
Meritocracy is about putting the best person for the job in that job. It's about efficiency. A more efficient society can make everyone better off.
- AstralStorm 5y agoUnfortunately jobs do not experiment enough and neither do politics. There are no real "training wheels" kind of jobs that allow one to seriously evaluate merit for many positions. For instance, suppose we're looking for a person capable of managing and devising a high end strategy. How would you even judge someone good at it, with computer simulation games? Definitely college degrees are bad proxy for it. What happens if you prefer certain kinds of merit over others, like today, where people with social skills and connections can easily outmanouevre others? How do you even judge certain kinds of merit, like creativity, critical for art and research jobs? Acclaim is not the same thing as merit. This and other questions make meritocracy actually impossible to implement.
- JamesBarney 5y agoIf you're arguing that we could make hiring more efficient I won't argue with you. But having a meritocracy isn't about about it being perfect but what philosophy you use to fill positions. Is your goal to find the best person for the job? Or do you have a different goal? And if so what is it?