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on Saturday June 18 2016, @06:20AM
from the in-my-day-we-called-it-social-darwinism dept.
from the in-my-day-we-called-it-social-darwinism dept.
When Michael Young, a British sociologist, coined the term meritocracy in 1958, it was in a dystopian satire. At the time, the world he imagined, in which intelligence fully determined who thrived and who languished, was understood to be predatory, pathological, far-fetched.
Today, however, we’ve almost finished installing such a system, and we have embraced the idea of a meritocracy with few reservations, even treating it as virtuous. That can’t be right. Smart people should feel entitled to make the most of their gift. But they should not reshape society so as to instate giftedness as a universal yardstick of human worth.
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When the Term Meritocracy was Coined in 1958, it was in a Dystopian Satire
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I'm wearing PAMPERS!!
(Score: 2) by davester666 on Saturday June 18 2016, @08:58PM
Definitely not, Justin is the P.M.
(Score: 2) by dry on Sunday June 19 2016, @04:09AM
Well we went from a failed economics professor to a successful math teacher who also has an engineering degree (acquired after teaching).
(Score: 2) by Aiwendil on Sunday June 19 2016, @01:43PM
Was in part an attempt at humor, in part in that the PM in Canada actually has at least some education in STEM..
But if you want a serious answer: Singapore
(and let's not forget that germany's Merkel is a trained scientist (chemistry research))