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  1. 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-

  2. 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-

  3. 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-

  4. 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-

  5. 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-

  6. #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

  7. #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

  8. #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

  9. , , & 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

  10. #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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. 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

  21. 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

  22. 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

  23. 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

  24. 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

  25. 💁🏻‍♀️ 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

  26. 💁🏻‍♀️ 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

  27. 💁🏻‍♀️ 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

  28. 💁🏻‍♀️ 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

  29. 💁🏻‍♀️ 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

  30. #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

  31. #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

  32. #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

  33. Fun fact:

    🇷🇴 Romania’s president, Nicușor Dan, was one of the 11 students to solve the legendary Problem 6 at the 1988 IMO.

    He scored a perfect 42/42 that year, alongside future Fields Medalist 🇻🇳 Ngô Bảo Châu. 🇨🇦 Ravi Vakil also solved it.

    🇦🇺 Terence Tao, aged just 13, got 1/7 on that problem, aced almost everything else, and still won a gold medal. @tao

    In fact, Dan won two consecutive perfect-score gold medals at IMO (1987 & 1988).

    #Romania #NicușorDan #TerenceTao #Tao #Dan #IMO #1988IMO #RaviVakil #NgôBảoChâu #GoldMedal #Meritocracy #MathLegend #MathematicianInPolitics

  34. Fun fact:

    🇷🇴 Romania’s president, Nicușor Dan, was one of the 11 students to solve the legendary Problem 6 at the 1988 IMO.

    He scored a perfect 42/42 that year, alongside future Fields Medalist 🇻🇳 Ngô Bảo Châu. 🇨🇦 Ravi Vakil also solved it.

    🇦🇺 Terence Tao, aged just 13, got 1/7 on that problem, aced almost everything else, and still won a gold medal. @tao

    In fact, Dan won two consecutive perfect-score gold medals at IMO (1987 & 1988).

    #Romania #NicușorDan #TerenceTao #Tao #Dan #IMO #1988IMO #RaviVakil #NgôBảoChâu #GoldMedal #Meritocracy #MathLegend #MathematicianInPolitics

  35. Fun fact:

    🇷🇴 Romania’s president, Nicușor Dan, was one of the 11 students to solve the legendary Problem 6 at the 1988 IMO.

    He scored a perfect 42/42 that year, alongside future Fields Medalist 🇻🇳 Ngô Bảo Châu. 🇨🇦 Ravi Vakil also solved it.

    🇦🇺 Terence Tao, aged just 13, got 1/7 on that problem, aced almost everything else, and still won a gold medal. @tao

    In fact, Dan won two consecutive perfect-score gold medals at IMO (1987 & 1988).

    #Romania #NicușorDan #TerenceTao #Tao #Dan #IMO #1988IMO #RaviVakil #NgôBảoChâu #GoldMedal #Meritocracy #MathLegend #MathematicianInPolitics

  36. The Myth of Meritocracy

    By Cliff Potts, CSO, and Editor-in-Chief of WPS News

    Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines — Thursday, June 4, 2026, 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time

    Meritocracy is widely assumed to be the organizing principle behind modern hiring and governance. The idea is simple and reassuring: the most capable individuals rise to positions of responsibility based on skill, effort, and demonstrated competence. Yet observable outcomes increasingly contradict this assumption. Repeated leadership failures, institutional stagnation, and persistent misalignment between authority and capability suggest that meritocracy, as commonly understood, is not functioning as advertised.

    This article examines what merit-based selection would actually require, how current systems operate instead, and why the gap between the two matters for institutional survival.

    What Merit-Based Selection Would Require

    In practical terms, a merit-based system would prioritize demonstrated ability to perform the work in question. That includes relevant skills, judgment under uncertainty, the capacity to synthesize information across domains, and a documented record of making sound decisions over time. It would also require the ability to challenge faulty assumptions and adapt when conditions change.

    Merit-based selection is not about perfection or elite credentials. It is about functional competence: whether an individual can reliably perform the duties of the role in real-world conditions. In complex organizations, this often includes experience navigating failure, recognizing systemic risk, and correcting course without external prompting.

    If such criteria were consistently applied, outcomes would show a strong correlation between authority and performance. In many institutions, they do not.

    What Current Systems Actually Measure

    Modern hiring systems rarely evaluate candidates on their ability to do the work as it is actually performed. Instead, they prioritize signals that can be quickly processed at scale. These include resume formatting, keyword alignment with job descriptions, credential familiarity, and narrative conformity.

    The widespread use of automated screening tools has intensified this shift. Resumes are increasingly filtered based on textual similarity rather than substantive capability. Candidates who are adept at mirroring job descriptions, regardless of whether they possess the underlying skills, are rewarded with visibility. Those whose experience does not translate cleanly into standardized language are often excluded early in the process.

    This approach favors candidates who understand how to perform alignment rather than those who understand how to perform the work. Over time, this creates a selection bias toward presentation skill and institutional legibility, rather than competence.

    Automation and the Scaling of Bias

    Hiring platforms did not invent these biases, but they have amplified them. Systems designed to manage large applicant pools rely on reduction: fewer variables, simpler comparisons, and faster elimination. As a result, nonconforming candidates are filtered out not because they are unqualified, but because they are difficult to categorize.

    Automation rewards predictability. It penalizes unconventional career paths, cross-disciplinary experience, and non-linear progression—traits that are often associated with problem-solving and innovation. The more an applicant resembles a predefined template, the more likely they are to advance.

    This dynamic creates a paradox. As organizations claim to seek innovation and adaptability, their selection systems increasingly favor sameness and risk avoidance.

    Observable Outcomes That Contradict Meritocracy

    If meritocracy were operating effectively, leadership outcomes would improve over time. Institutions would learn from past failures, retain institutional memory, and demonstrate increasing competence in crisis management. In many cases, the opposite is true.

    Across sectors, organizations repeatedly elevate individuals who perform well in stable conditions but struggle under stress. Decision-makers are recycled despite documented failures. Strategic errors are repeated even when prior consequences are well known. Responsibility is diffuse, while accountability is limited.

    These patterns are not random. They are consistent with selection systems that prioritize safety, familiarity, and non-disruption over demonstrated ability.

    Risk Avoidance as a Selection Principle

    One of the least examined drivers of modern hiring is risk avoidance. Selection processes are often structured to minimize perceived downside rather than maximize potential upside. Candidates who might challenge existing assumptions, expose internal weaknesses, or disrupt established hierarchies are treated as liabilities.

    This approach is reinforced by legal and reputational pressures. Subjective judgments are embedded in language such as “culture fit,” “communication style,” or “organizational alignment.” These criteria are difficult to measure, difficult to contest, and easy to defend after the fact. They also allow decision-makers to exclude candidates who are competent but inconvenient.

    Over time, risk avoidance becomes self-reinforcing. Institutions staffed by individuals selected for minimal disruption become less capable of recognizing or responding to systemic threats.

    Why the Meritocracy Myth Persists

    Despite mounting evidence, the belief in meritocracy remains deeply entrenched. One reason is that it provides moral cover. If outcomes are assumed to be merit-based, failures can be attributed to individual shortcomings rather than systemic design. This deflects scrutiny from selection mechanisms themselves.

    Another reason is that the myth benefits those already in positions of authority. If the system is presumed fair, existing hierarchies appear justified. Questioning the validity of merit-based selection challenges not only hiring practices, but the legitimacy of current leadership.

    As a result, institutions often invest more effort in defending the appearance of meritocracy than in examining whether it functions in practice.

    Why This Matters Beyond Hiring

    Selection systems shape more than careers. They shape institutional intelligence. When organizations consistently choose candidates based on legibility and conformity rather than capability, they reduce their capacity to learn, adapt, and respond to change.

    In periods of stability, these weaknesses may remain hidden. In periods of disruption, they become visible quickly. The consequences include delayed responses, misallocation of resources, and an inability to correct course before failures become systemic.

    Meritocracy is often framed as a moral ideal. In reality, it is a functional requirement. Institutions that fail to align authority with competence do not merely become unfair. They become fragile.

    This article begins a series examining how modern hiring and governance systems have drifted away from merit-based selection, what has replaced it, and why that shift is undermining institutional performance. Subsequent articles will document the specific mechanisms that now govern access to decision-making authority, and the costs of maintaining them.

    For more social commentary, please see Occupy 2.5 at https://Occupy25.com

    References

    Berg, J. M., Grant, A. M., & Johnson, V. (2010). When callings are calling: Crafting work and leisure in pursuit of unanswered occupational callings. Organization Science, 21(5), 973–994. https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.1090.0497

    Cappelli, P. (2019). Your approach to hiring is all wrong. Harvard Business Review Press.

    Highhouse, S., Brooks, M. E., & Gregarus, G. (2009). An organizational impression management perspective on the formation of corporate reputations. Journal of Management, 35(6), 1481–1493. https://doi.org/10.1177/0149206309348788

    Rivera, L. A. (2012). Hiring as cultural matching: The case of elite professional service firms. American Sociological Review, 77(6), 999–1022. https://doi.org/10.1177/0003122412463213

    Autor, D., Levy, F., & Murnane, R. J. (2003). The skill content of recent technological change: An empirical exploration. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 118(4), 1279–1333. https://doi.org/10.1162/003355303322552801

    #credentialism #eliteHiring #governanceAnalysis #hiringPractices #institutionalFailure #laborEconomics #meritocracy #organizationalRisk #workforceSystems
  37. “This comes up all the time. People point to a field occupied by well-placed and incompetent nepo-babies and they say, Hey, why can’t we have a #meritocracy!”

    statmodeling.substack.com/p/me

  38. “This comes up all the time. People point to a field occupied by well-placed and incompetent nepo-babies and they say, Hey, why can’t we have a #meritocracy!”

    statmodeling.substack.com/p/me

  39. “This comes up all the time. People point to a field occupied by well-placed and incompetent nepo-babies and they say, Hey, why can’t we have a #meritocracy!”

    statmodeling.substack.com/p/me

  40. “This comes up all the time. People point to a field occupied by well-placed and incompetent nepo-babies and they say, Hey, why can’t we have a #meritocracy!”

    statmodeling.substack.com/p/me

  41. “This comes up all the time. People point to a field occupied by well-placed and incompetent nepo-babies and they say, Hey, why can’t we have a #meritocracy!”

    statmodeling.substack.com/p/me

  42. @Ravenheart257

    "Part of the pro- #capitalist psychosis is the naive assumption that the system is a perfect #meritocracy in which everyone always gets exactly what they deserve."

    Another cheap strawman for the collection. I still hold out hope that some day someone who hates capitalism will do so on the basic of an honest criticism and actually understanding of what it is, not this sort of hyperbolic nonsense.

  43. @Ravenheart257

    "Part of the pro- #capitalist psychosis is the naive assumption that the system is a perfect #meritocracy in which everyone always gets exactly what they deserve."

    Another cheap strawman for the collection. I still hold out hope that some day someone who hates capitalism will do so on the basic of an honest criticism and actually understanding of what it is, not this sort of hyperbolic nonsense.

  44. @Ravenheart257

    "Part of the pro- #capitalist psychosis is the naive assumption that the system is a perfect #meritocracy in which everyone always gets exactly what they deserve."

    Another cheap strawman for the collection. I still hold out hope that some day someone who hates capitalism will do so on the basic of an honest criticism and actually understanding of what it is, not this sort of hyperbolic nonsense.

  45. @Ravenheart257

    "Part of the pro- #capitalist psychosis is the naive assumption that the system is a perfect #meritocracy in which everyone always gets exactly what they deserve."

    Another cheap strawman for the collection. I still hold out hope that some day someone who hates capitalism will do so on the basic of an honest criticism and actually understanding of what it is, not this sort of hyperbolic nonsense.