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This is one of the most chilling short audio essays I've ever listened to on NPR. de Botton blasts a huge hole in the idea of pure meritrocracy. Commentator A
by lesterbuck 15y ago
This is one of the most chilling short audio essays I've ever listened to on NPR. de Botton blasts a huge hole in the idea of pure meritrocracy.
Commentator Alain de Botton explores the darker side of a western ideal: meritocracy.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3200029 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3200029
I wish there was a transcript of this. I think he covers the basic topic in some of his books.
- edderly 15y agoInteresting listen. The topic is pretty challenging, especially so for the left leaning where quite often the political policy related by affluent lefties is "to give people the same opportunity as me" to compete in a meritocracy.