Meritocracies can by tyrannical. Organizations select for sociopaths to rise to the top. People are unaware of their biases. Minorities - in race, gender, viewp

Meritocracies can by tyrannical. Organizations select for sociopaths to rise to the top. People are unaware of their biases. Minorities - in race, gender, viewpoint, or along some other axis - are marginalized and it has a real cost to the organization and society. Things like affirmative action are an attempt to recognize and correct these biases. No one is looking to fill a quota except those who don’t understand the problem to begin with. And if you think the military is any more efficient a bureaucracy than any other government sector I have a bridge to sell you.