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#15 — Michael Sandel | The Tyranny of Merit

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How to Tell Your Kids to Work Harder

I think our admiration should go towards those who put in the effort, even if. And why do you think so? I agree. Many people have this intuition. Why do you think it's hard to pin it down? You can say simultaneously, I would rather my kid get the straight A's because it's going to give them a better life. It's more valuable to society. But that I'd be more proud of my my kid for working harder. Therefore, I think they deserve success is more even if they don't, even if it's kind of not practical to give them that success. Okay. The question is whether your parents were right. If you were a really convincing

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