Meritocracy

Is Meritocracy Possible? (A Solution)

上次,我问:考虑到传统上定义的精英统治实际上是不可能的,把它作为一种社会理想来吸引有任何意义吗?这一次,我提出了一种方法,可以从精英政治的海市蜃楼理想中剥离出两个想法,这两个想法实际上可能是可行的,值得为之奋斗的。

Is Meritocracy Possible? (Pt. I)

Modern economic life—where people have careers, advancements, successes, and failures—will always end up failing to be meritocratic, as traditionally defined. Given that, is there any point to appealing to meritocracy as a social ideal? And if not, why do people find this ideal so appealing?