> But one of the things that makes MIT special is the fact that it is meritocratic to its cultural core. "The word [meritocracy] was adopted into the English l

> But one of the things that makes MIT special is the fact that it is meritocratic to its cultural core. "The word [meritocracy] was adopted into the English language with none of the negative connotations that Young intended it to have and was embraced by supporters of the philosophy." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rise_of_the_Meritocracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rise_of_the_Meritocracy