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  1. I've been wittering on about the history and failings of Meritocracy, but I hadn't drafted a version for Substack.
    👉 brywillis634737.substack.com/p

    I've purposely left Trump, but clearly he's a central figure in this perspective. Very few situations merit meritocracy as a lens, but we seem to overextend it. It is certainly overrepresented in business.

    #philosophy #merit #business #linkedin #meritocracy #video #podcast #substack #politics #language #culture #dei #promotions #statistics #heuristics

  2. I've been wittering on about the history and failings of Meritocracy, but I hadn't drafted a version for Substack.
    👉 brywillis634737.substack.com/p

    I've purposely left Trump, but clearly he's a central figure in this perspective. Very few situations merit meritocracy as a lens, but we seem to overextend it. It is certainly overrepresented in business.

    #philosophy #merit #business #linkedin #meritocracy #video #podcast #substack #politics #language #culture #dei #promotions #statistics #heuristics

  3. I've been wittering on about the history and failings of Meritocracy, but I hadn't drafted a version for Substack.
    👉 brywillis634737.substack.com/p

    I've purposely left Trump, but clearly he's a central figure in this perspective. Very few situations merit meritocracy as a lens, but we seem to overextend it. It is certainly overrepresented in business.

    #philosophy #merit #business #linkedin #meritocracy #video #podcast #substack #politics #language #culture #dei #promotions #statistics #heuristics

  4. I've been wittering on about the history and failings of Meritocracy, but I hadn't drafted a version for Substack.
    👉 brywillis634737.substack.com/p

    I've purposely left Trump, but clearly he's a central figure in this perspective. Very few situations merit meritocracy as a lens, but we seem to overextend it. It is certainly overrepresented in business.

    #philosophy #merit #business #linkedin #meritocracy #video #podcast #substack #politics #language #culture #dei #promotions #statistics #heuristics

  5. I've been wittering on about the history and failings of Meritocracy, but I hadn't drafted a version for Substack.
    👉 brywillis634737.substack.com/p

    I've purposely left Trump, but clearly he's a central figure in this perspective. Very few situations merit meritocracy as a lens, but we seem to overextend it. It is certainly overrepresented in business.

    #philosophy #merit #business #linkedin #meritocracy #video #podcast #substack #politics #language #culture #dei #promotions #statistics #heuristics

  6. The Karma of the Beautiful Game: How Spain’s 2026 Victory Rewrote the Script for Trump and the Aggies

    In many ways, Spain’s 2026 triumph stands as a glorious, inescapable metaphor for what happens when performative ego, systemic meddling, and brute gamesmanship run smack into the unyielding wall of competence and poise.

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/07/20/the-

  7. The Karma of the Beautiful Game: How Spain’s 2026 Victory Rewrote the Script for Trump and the Aggies

    In many ways, Spain’s 2026 triumph stands as a glorious, inescapable metaphor for what happens when performative ego, systemic meddling, and brute gamesmanship run smack into the unyielding wall of competence and poise.

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/07/20/the-

  8. The Karma of the Beautiful Game: How Spain’s 2026 Victory Rewrote the Script for Trump and the Aggies

    In many ways, Spain’s 2026 triumph stands as a glorious, inescapable metaphor for what happens when performative ego, systemic meddling, and brute gamesmanship run smack into the unyielding wall of competence and poise.

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/07/20/the-

  9. The Karma of the Beautiful Game: How Spain’s 2026 Victory Rewrote the Script for Trump and the Aggies

    In many ways, Spain’s 2026 triumph stands as a glorious, inescapable metaphor for what happens when performative ego, systemic meddling, and brute gamesmanship run smack into the unyielding wall of competence and poise.

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/07/20/the-

  10. The Karma of the Beautiful Game: How Spain’s 2026 Victory Rewrote the Script for Trump and the Aggies

    In many ways, Spain’s 2026 triumph stands as a glorious, inescapable metaphor for what happens when performative ego, systemic meddling, and brute gamesmanship run smack into the unyielding wall of competence and poise.

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/07/20/the-

  11. #ConsumerWelfare, #RevealedPreferences, #regulatorycapture & #meritocracy are just some of the ways that #capitalism's alleged defenders cooked up to insist that they love the competitive discipline imposed by markets while being totally dependent on self-described #capitalists who have utterly escaped from that discipline and have committed to doing everything in their power to prevent themselves from ever coming under any form of constraint.

    Today, these [ #billionaires ] clutch their pearls at the "demonization" of the ultra-rich, calling it "billionaire derangement syndrome." But the only "billionaire derangement syndrome" that matters is the syndrome that affects billionaires and convinces them that they are above any discipline or rules.”

    @pluralistic

    pluralistic.net/2026/07/16/luc

  12. #ConsumerWelfare, #RevealedPreferences, #regulatorycapture & #meritocracy are just some of the ways that #capitalism's alleged defenders cooked up to insist that they love the competitive discipline imposed by markets while being totally dependent on self-described #capitalists who have utterly escaped from that discipline and have committed to doing everything in their power to prevent themselves from ever coming under any form of constraint.

    Today, these [ #billionaires ] clutch their pearls at the "demonization" of the ultra-rich, calling it "billionaire derangement syndrome." But the only "billionaire derangement syndrome" that matters is the syndrome that affects billionaires and convinces them that they are above any discipline or rules.”

    @pluralistic

    pluralistic.net/2026/07/16/luc

  13. #ConsumerWelfare, #RevealedPreferences, #regulatorycapture & #meritocracy are just some of the ways that #capitalism's alleged defenders cooked up to insist that they love the competitive discipline imposed by markets while being totally dependent on self-described #capitalists who have utterly escaped from that discipline and have committed to doing everything in their power to prevent themselves from ever coming under any form of constraint.

    Today, these [ #billionaires ] clutch their pearls at the "demonization" of the ultra-rich, calling it "billionaire derangement syndrome." But the only "billionaire derangement syndrome" that matters is the syndrome that affects billionaires and convinces them that they are above any discipline or rules.”

    @pluralistic

    pluralistic.net/2026/07/16/luc

  14. , , & are just some of the ways that 's alleged defenders cooked up to insist that they love the competitive discipline imposed by markets while being totally dependent on self-described who have utterly escaped from that discipline and have committed to doing everything in their power to prevent themselves from ever coming under any form of constraint.

    Today, these [ ] clutch their pearls at the "demonization" of the ultra-rich, calling it "billionaire derangement syndrome." But the only "billionaire derangement syndrome" that matters is the syndrome that affects billionaires and convinces them that they are above any discipline or rules.”

    @pluralistic

    pluralistic.net/2026/07/16/luc

  15. #ConsumerWelfare, #RevealedPreferences, #regulatorycapture & #meritocracy are just some of the ways that #capitalism's alleged defenders cooked up to insist that they love the competitive discipline imposed by markets while being totally dependent on self-described #capitalists who have utterly escaped from that discipline and have committed to doing everything in their power to prevent themselves from ever coming under any form of constraint.

    Today, these [ #billionaires ] clutch their pearls at the "demonization" of the ultra-rich, calling it "billionaire derangement syndrome." But the only "billionaire derangement syndrome" that matters is the syndrome that affects billionaires and convinces them that they are above any discipline or rules.”

    @pluralistic

    pluralistic.net/2026/07/16/luc

  16. I don't usually link to articles in the FT because they are behind an (albeit permeable) paywall... however, this great piece in the FT Magazine today by Jinu Koola on the case for Norwegian mediocracy, as a preferable alternative to US 'meritocracy', is well worth a read.

    [If you have 'reader view', or similar, on your browser, you'll be able to access it without the images (which you don't need)]

    Enjoy & (likely) nod as you read.

    #Norway #politics #meritocracy

    ft.com/content/0fe0455d-8633-4

  17. I don't usually link to articles in the FT because they are behind an (albeit permeable) paywall... however, this great piece in the FT Magazine today by Jinu Koola on the case for Norwegian mediocracy, as a preferable alternative to US 'meritocracy', is well worth a read.

    [If you have 'reader view', or similar, on your browser, you'll be able to access it without the images (which you don't need)]

    Enjoy & (likely) nod as you read.

    #Norway #politics #meritocracy

    ft.com/content/0fe0455d-8633-4

  18. I don't usually link to articles in the FT because they are behind an (albeit permeable) paywall... however, this great piece in the FT Magazine today by Jinu Koola on the case for Norwegian mediocracy, as a preferable alternative to US 'meritocracy', is well worth a read.

    [If you have 'reader view', or similar, on your browser, you'll be able to access it without the images (which you don't need)]

    Enjoy & (likely) nod as you read.

    #Norway #politics #meritocracy

    ft.com/content/0fe0455d-8633-4

  19. I don't usually link to articles in the FT because they are behind an (albeit permeable) paywall... however, this great piece in the FT Magazine today by Jinu Koola on the case for Norwegian mediocracy, as a preferable alternative to US 'meritocracy', is well worth a read.

    [If you have 'reader view', or similar, on your browser, you'll be able to access it without the images (which you don't need)]

    Enjoy & (likely) nod as you read.

    #Norway #politics #meritocracy

    ft.com/content/0fe0455d-8633-4

  20. I don't usually link to articles in the FT because they are behind an (albeit permeable) paywall... however, this great piece in the FT Magazine today by Jinu Koola on the case for Norwegian mediocracy, as a preferable alternative to US 'meritocracy', is well worth a read.

    [If you have 'reader view', or similar, on your browser, you'll be able to access it without the images (which you don't need)]

    Enjoy & (likely) nod as you read.

    #Norway #politics #meritocracy

    ft.com/content/0fe0455d-8633-4

  21. Ah, the joy of watching Harvard's admissions process reduced to a carnival game of Plinko! 🎢 Turns out, the Sorting Machine is a master class in exclusion, with SAT scores and sports trophies vying for dominance while merit awkwardly shuffles to the back of the line. 🏆📉 Who knew getting into college was the ultimate zero-sum game, right? 🤡
    sorting-machine.pages.dev/ #HarvardAdmissions #PlinkoGame #Meritocracy #SATScores #CollegeEntry #HackerNews #ngated

  22. Ah, the joy of watching Harvard's admissions process reduced to a carnival game of Plinko! 🎢 Turns out, the Sorting Machine is a master class in exclusion, with SAT scores and sports trophies vying for dominance while merit awkwardly shuffles to the back of the line. 🏆📉 Who knew getting into college was the ultimate zero-sum game, right? 🤡
    sorting-machine.pages.dev/ #HarvardAdmissions #PlinkoGame #Meritocracy #SATScores #CollegeEntry #HackerNews #ngated

  23. Ah, the joy of watching Harvard's admissions process reduced to a carnival game of Plinko! 🎢 Turns out, the Sorting Machine is a master class in exclusion, with SAT scores and sports trophies vying for dominance while merit awkwardly shuffles to the back of the line. 🏆📉 Who knew getting into college was the ultimate zero-sum game, right? 🤡
    sorting-machine.pages.dev/ #HarvardAdmissions #PlinkoGame #Meritocracy #SATScores #CollegeEntry #HackerNews #ngated

  24. Ah, the joy of watching Harvard's admissions process reduced to a carnival game of Plinko! 🎢 Turns out, the Sorting Machine is a master class in exclusion, with SAT scores and sports trophies vying for dominance while merit awkwardly shuffles to the back of the line. 🏆📉 Who knew getting into college was the ultimate zero-sum game, right? 🤡
    sorting-machine.pages.dev/ #HarvardAdmissions #PlinkoGame #Meritocracy #SATScores #CollegeEntry #HackerNews #ngated

  25. Ah, the joy of watching Harvard's admissions process reduced to a carnival game of Plinko! 🎢 Turns out, the Sorting Machine is a master class in exclusion, with SAT scores and sports trophies vying for dominance while merit awkwardly shuffles to the back of the line. 🏆📉 Who knew getting into college was the ultimate zero-sum game, right? 🤡
    sorting-machine.pages.dev/ #HarvardAdmissions #PlinkoGame #Meritocracy #SATScores #CollegeEntry #HackerNews #ngated

  26. For those who still believed the term „meritocracy" is not ideological: trumps Intervention with fifa shows what those ones advocating it really mean with it.

    It was never about removing injustice and letting everyone have a fair chance.
    It was always about maintaining inequality.

    They will tell you you are not working hard enough whilest making sure that you never work hard enough...

    spare me that bs

    #meritocracy #slumdogmillionaire #capitalism #trump

  27. For those who still believed the term „meritocracy" is not ideological: trumps Intervention with fifa shows what those ones advocating it really mean with it.

    It was never about removing injustice and letting everyone have a fair chance.
    It was always about maintaining inequality.

    They will tell you you are not working hard enough whilest making sure that you never work hard enough...

    spare me that bs

    #meritocracy #slumdogmillionaire #capitalism #trump

  28. For those who still believed the term „meritocracy" is not ideological: trumps Intervention with fifa shows what those ones advocating it really mean with it.

    It was never about removing injustice and letting everyone have a fair chance.
    It was always about maintaining inequality.

    They will tell you you are not working hard enough whilest making sure that you never work hard enough...

    spare me that bs

    #meritocracy #slumdogmillionaire #capitalism #trump

  29. For those who still believed the term „meritocracy" is not ideological: trumps Intervention with fifa shows what those ones advocating it really mean with it.

    It was never about removing injustice and letting everyone have a fair chance.
    It was always about maintaining inequality.

    They will tell you you are not working hard enough whilest making sure that you never work hard enough...

    spare me that bs

  30. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 📝📊 The #SAT was first administered to 8,000 students in June 1926, born from #WorldWarI #military I.Q. tests designed by #Princeton psychologist and eugenicist Carl Brigham.

    Now taken by two million #students annually, fewer than 10% of U.S. #colleges require it for fall 2026 admissions, a shift accelerated by the #Covid #pandemic and long standing debates about what the test actually measures. The article traces the test’s #evolution from a tool that helped break into the old boys’ network of elite colleges to an #exam whose scores strongly correlate with family #income.

    👉 smithsonianmag.com/innovation/

    #history #education #equity #meritocracy #publicschool #highschool #academics #policy #learning #criticalthinking #teaching

  31. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 📝📊 The #SAT was first administered to 8,000 students in June 1926, born from #WorldWarI #military I.Q. tests designed by #Princeton psychologist and eugenicist Carl Brigham.

    Now taken by two million #students annually, fewer than 10% of U.S. #colleges require it for fall 2026 admissions, a shift accelerated by the #Covid #pandemic and long standing debates about what the test actually measures. The article traces the test’s #evolution from a tool that helped break into the old boys’ network of elite colleges to an #exam whose scores strongly correlate with family #income.

    👉 smithsonianmag.com/innovation/

    #history #education #equity #meritocracy #publicschool #highschool #academics #policy #learning #criticalthinking #teaching

  32. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 📝📊 The #SAT was first administered to 8,000 students in June 1926, born from #WorldWarI #military I.Q. tests designed by #Princeton psychologist and eugenicist Carl Brigham.

    Now taken by two million #students annually, fewer than 10% of U.S. #colleges require it for fall 2026 admissions, a shift accelerated by the #Covid #pandemic and long standing debates about what the test actually measures. The article traces the test’s #evolution from a tool that helped break into the old boys’ network of elite colleges to an #exam whose scores strongly correlate with family #income.

    👉 smithsonianmag.com/innovation/

    #history #education #equity #meritocracy #publicschool #highschool #academics #policy #learning #criticalthinking #teaching

  33. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 📝📊 The #SAT was first administered to 8,000 students in June 1926, born from #WorldWarI #military I.Q. tests designed by #Princeton psychologist and eugenicist Carl Brigham.

    Now taken by two million #students annually, fewer than 10% of U.S. #colleges require it for fall 2026 admissions, a shift accelerated by the #Covid #pandemic and long standing debates about what the test actually measures. The article traces the test’s #evolution from a tool that helped break into the old boys’ network of elite colleges to an #exam whose scores strongly correlate with family #income.

    👉 smithsonianmag.com/innovation/

    #history #education #equity #meritocracy #publicschool #highschool #academics #policy #learning #criticalthinking #teaching

  34. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 📝📊 The #SAT was first administered to 8,000 students in June 1926, born from #WorldWarI #military I.Q. tests designed by #Princeton psychologist and eugenicist Carl Brigham.

    Now taken by two million #students annually, fewer than 10% of U.S. #colleges require it for fall 2026 admissions, a shift accelerated by the #Covid #pandemic and long standing debates about what the test actually measures. The article traces the test’s #evolution from a tool that helped break into the old boys’ network of elite colleges to an #exam whose scores strongly correlate with family #income.

    👉 smithsonianmag.com/innovation/

    #history #education #equity #meritocracy #publicschool #highschool #academics #policy #learning #criticalthinking #teaching

  35. #usa #economy #country #monopoly #meritocracy #tuckercarlson #skynews
    Що правда?! А раніше ти цього не бачив, коли на нього пер плуга, чи прозрів? А через що став зрячим? Той пентюх тобі очі промив, своєю сечею? Обличчя сам підставив? А для чого?

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  36. #usa #economy #country #monopoly #meritocracy #tuckercarlson #skynews
    Що правда?! А раніше ти цього не бачив, коли на нього пер плуга, чи прозрів? А через що став зрячим? Той пентюх тобі очі промив, своєю сечею? Обличчя сам підставив? А для чого?

    замість уріно-терапії краще підписуйтесь на наш зашифрований, незламний канал, в якому знайдете окрім наших повідомлень і рецепти протидії маніпуляціям цих виродків: tinyurl.com/all-encrypted-radi

  37. #usa #economy #country #monopoly #meritocracy #tuckercarlson #skynews
    Що правда?! А раніше ти цього не бачив, коли на нього пер плуга, чи прозрів? А через що став зрячим? Той пентюх тобі очі промив, своєю сечею? Обличчя сам підставив? А для чого?

    замість уріно-терапії краще підписуйтесь на наш зашифрований, незламний канал, в якому знайдете окрім наших повідомлень і рецепти протидії маніпуляціям цих виродків: tinyurl.com/all-encrypted-radi