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#205 — The Failure of Meritocracy

Making Sense with Sam Harris

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The Meritocracy Trap

Daniel markovitch: The problem with maritocracy is that we haven't actually achieved it. He says the idea was invented as a way of breaking caste orders around heredity, breeding and race. But now people who get ahead by being really good at tests are also incredibly good at investing in their children's education,. And they ow so dramatically out train and out educate everybody else in societythat not just poor families, but middle class families can't keep up....

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