Also, she says, "No one pretended tech was a meritocracy". The thing is, tech is a meritocracy, and that's part of the politics of tech. Meritocracy, of course,

Also, she says, "No one pretended tech was a meritocracy". The thing is, tech is a meritocracy, and that's part of the politics of tech. Meritocracy, of course, is a joke. It is not a desirable state of affairs, because it should be obvious that "merit" is a false currency used to justify what is, rather than work toward what should be. It is the quintessential naturalistic fallacy. I wish I could upvote this so many more times. It honestly had never occurred to me that meritocracy could be a bad thing until I read Twilight of the Elites by Chris Hayes (yep, the same MSNBC host guy) [1], recommended to me by a friend. But after reading that book, which is one of the best written and edited books on econ/policy I've ever read, I'm fairly well convinced. He builds very much upon Michael Young's work, which he mentions many times, applying it to all sorts of examples of meritocratic failure in the modern day. [1] http://www.amazon.com/Twilight-Elites-America-After-Meritocracy/dp/0307720462 http://www.amazon.com/Twilight-Elites-America-After-Meritocr...