On: The Tyranny of Meritocracy

[lesterbuck]

This is one of the most chilling short audio essays I've ever listened to on NPR. de Botton blasts a huge hole in the idea of pure meritrocracy.

Commentator Alain de Botton explores the darker side of a western ideal: meritocracy. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3200029

I wish there was a transcript of this. I think he covers the basic topic in some of his books.

[edderly → lesterbuck]

Interesting listen.

The topic is pretty challenging, especially so for the left leaning where quite often the political policy related by affluent lefties is "to give people the same opportunity as me" to compete in a meritocracy.