/tags/meritocracy/ Recent bookmarks tagged #meritocracy Mon, 02 Nov 2026 08:24:58 +0000 https://www.fastcompany.com/40510522/meritocracy-doesnt-exist-and-believing-it-does-is-bad-for-you Despite the moral assurance and personal flattery that meritocracy offers to the successful, it ought to be abandoned both as a belief about how the world works and as a general social ideal. It’s false, and believing in it encourages selfishness, discrimination, and indifference to the plight of the unfortunate.<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #imported:pinboard #meritocracy #psychology #society</p> Sun, 24 Mar 2019 01:32:46 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:28125 imported:pinboard meritocracy psychology society