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    adj.AdjectiveConcerning or characteristic of a meritocracy
    A meritocratic system promotes people on the basis of their merit and expertise

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    Why We Work with Barry Schwartz - Opportunity, Good Fortune, and Happiness

    44:17Why We Work with Barry Schwartz - Opportunity, Good Fortune, and Happiness
    • get, we're saying that success in life should be meritocratic, we should earn our successes. It shouldn't

      get, we're saying that success in life should be meritocratic, we should earn our successes. It shouldn't

    • This is not saying much more than that, um, success when we say that people should deserve what they get, we're saying that success in life should be meritocratic.

      This is not saying much more than that, um, success when we say that people should deserve what they get, we're saying that success in life should be meritocratic.

    B1

    How to choose a career (in a post AI world)

    14:43How to choose a career (in a post AI world)
    • It's a little bit more you eat what you kill, a little bit more meritocratic, but not everyone has what it takes to be a solopreneur or to work in a small dynamic remote startup with three to five people.

      It's a little bit more you eat what you kill, a little bit more meritocratic, but not everyone has what it takes to be a solopreneur or to work in a small dynamic remote startup with three to five people.

    • It's a little bit more you eat what you kill, a little bit more meritocratic,

      It's a little bit more you eat what you kill, a little bit more meritocratic,

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    The tyranny of merit | Michael Sandel

    08:48The tyranny of merit | Michael Sandel
    • This is the heart of the meritocratic ideal.

      This is the heart of the meritocratic ideal.

    • But the problem isn't only that we fail to live up to the meritocratic principles we proclaim.

      But the problem isn't only that we fail to live up to the meritocratic principles we proclaim.

    B2

    Democracy, Authoritarian Capitalism, and China: Crash Course World History 230

    15:33Democracy, Authoritarian Capitalism, and China: Crash Course World History 230
    • That said, China's government isn't always as meritocratic and effective as some might want to believe.

      That said, China's government isn't always as meritocratic and effective as some might want to believe.

    • That said, China’s government isn’t always as meritocratic and effective as some might

      That said, China’s government isn’t always as meritocratic and effective as some might

    B1

    Daniel Markovits | Meritocracy Debate | Propositon (3/8) | Oxford Union

    11:03Daniel Markovits | Meritocracy Debate | Propositon (3/8) | Oxford Union
    • And the investment that different kinds of children get in meritocratic societies is absolutely enormously different.

      And the investment that different kinds of children get in meritocratic societies is absolutely enormously different.

    • And the investment that different kinds of children get in meritocratic societies is absolutely, enormously different.

      And the investment that different kinds of children get in meritocratic societies is absolutely, enormously different.

    B1

    The Pain of Overthinking - Alain de Botton

    10:42The Pain of Overthinking - Alain de Botton
    • and they just deserve to be called a loser, which is why the more meritocratic the system is, the more psychological pressure there is, the more impulse there is to kill yourself if you don't succeed.

      and they just deserve to be called a loser, which is why the more meritocratic the system is, the more psychological pressure there is, the more impulse there is to kill yourself if you don't succeed.

    • Which is why the more meritocratic the system is, the more psychological pressure there is, the more impasse there is to kill yourself if you don't succeed.

      Which is why the more meritocratic the system is, the more psychological pressure there is, the more impasse there is to kill yourself if you don't succeed.

    B1

    The contradictions of wokeness

    48:58The contradictions of wokeness
    • The 1990s, when departments were actually forced to conduct open searches and list their open positions publicly, until that time, people would just give lifetime appointments to people in their network and with no competition, meritocratic or otherwise.

      The 1990s, when departments were actually forced to conduct open searches and list their open positions publicly, until that time, people would just give lifetime appointments to people in their network and with no competition, meritocratic or otherwise.

    • The 1990s, when departments were actually forced to conduct open searches and list their open positions publicly, until that time, people would just give lifetime appointments to people in their network and with no competition, meritocratic or otherwise.

      The 1990s, when departments were actually forced to conduct open searches and list their open positions publicly, until that time, people would just give lifetime appointments to people in their network and with no competition, meritocratic or otherwise.

    B1

    Status Anxiety

    04:39Status Anxiety
    • Well, first off, by refusing to believe that any society really ever can be meritocratic.

      Well, first off, by refusing to believe that any society really ever can be meritocratic.

    • First off, by refusing to believe that any society really can be meritocratic: luck or

      First off, by refusing to believe that any society really can be meritocratic: luck or

    B1

    How the Modern World Makes Us Mentally Ill

    05:50How the Modern World Makes Us Mentally Ill
    • A society that thinks of itself as meritocratic turns poverty from a problem to evidence of damnation and those who have failed from unfortunates to losers.

      A society that thinks of itself as meritocratic turns poverty from a problem to evidence of damnation and those who have failed from unfortunates to losers.

    • A society that thinks of itself as meritocratic turns poverty from a problem to evidence of damnation, and

      A society that thinks of itself as meritocratic turns poverty from a problem to evidence of damnation, and

    B1

    Michael Sandel:Justice What's The Right Thing To Do Episode 08 WHATS A FAIR START

    55:07Michael Sandel:Justice  What's The Right Thing To Do  Episode 08   WHATS A FAIR START
    • And that's really the system that Mike was advocating earlier on, what we might call a merit-based system, a meritocratic system.

      And that's really the system that Mike was advocating earlier on, what we might call a merit-based system, a meritocratic system.

    • Well, what does Rawls think about the meritocratic system?

      Well, what does Rawls think about the meritocratic system?

    B1