
David Brooks on ‘How to Know A Person’… And Why It Matters to Democracy
The Final Service
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The Neglected Center: Sorting and the Failure of Meritocracy
This chapter discusses the sense of being ignored by the elite intellectuals on the coasts that the center of the country feels. It explores how the media and job hiring practices reinforce this feeling, and delves into the issue of sorting and the failure of the meritocracy.
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