Meritocracy

  1. Dialogue Group 1

    Dialogue Group This dialogue group meeting prompt was used in the Ethical and Professional Issues Course in Notre Dame's Computer Science and...

  2. Michael Sandel: 'The populist backlash has been a revolt against the tyranny of merit'

    Article In this article, Coman explains the views on meritocracy of Michael Sandel, one of the leading critics of free-market orthodoxy today....

  3. Naive Meritocracy and the Meanings of Myth

    Article In this article, Reagle proposes that so-called meritocracies reproduce extant members and favor incidental attributes; they are biased, susceptible to...

  4. Silicon Valley Isn't a Meritocracy. And It's Dangerous to Hero-Worship Entrepreneurs

    Article In this article, it discusses meritocracy and entrepreneurialism reinforce a closed system of privilege. It also reveals the threadbare nature...

  5. Status Anxiety (Video)

    Video In this video, The School of Life discusses status anxiety – the anxiety that arises when we get asked "what...

  6. The Capital of Meritocracy is Silicon Valley, Not Wall Street

    Article In this article, the author explains that meritocracy and entrepreneurialism reinforce a closed system of privilege. It also reveals the...

  7. The Dehumanizing Myth of the Meritocracy

    Article In this article, Ehmke looks at what happens when the meritocracy and open source software collide. She hopes to answer the...

  8. The Perils of Meritocracy

    Article In this article, Garber discusses meritocracy. It’s one of the most loved ideas in American life, but she argues that it should...

  9. The Real White Fragility: Does the White Upper Class Feel Exhausted and Oppressed by Meritocracy?

    Article In this article, the author examines the question: does the white upper class feel exhausted and oppressed by meritocracy?

  10. The Rise of the Meritocracy

    The description for this book is as follows: "Michael Young has christened the oligarchy of the future "Meritocracy." Indeed, the...

  11. The Tyranny of Merit

    The description for this book is as follows: "The world-renowned philosopher and author of the bestselling Justice explores the central question of...

  12. The Tyranny of Merit (Video)

    Video In this video, Michael discusses what accounts for our polarized public life, and how we can begin to heal it....

  13. The Woke Meritocracy

    Article In this article, the author discusses how telling the right stories about overcoming oppression in the right way became a...