Meritocracy

Politics New York City is bleeding students as schools embrace the equity agenda. For most Americans, which high school their children attend is a pretty basic decision. They either send their children to the school designated by where they live (Smallville students from Smallville Middle School move on to Smallville…

In a wide-ranging interview, Martin Slumbers discussed preserving the 'pathways and meritocracy' of pro golf, and why Greg Norman wasn't at the 150th British Open. More Weekly Read: What Could Come Next for LIV | Elevated Events’ Unintended Consequences | Fore! Things: Punching Masters Tickets The CEO of the R&A…

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MarTech » Salary and Career » MarTech Salary and Career: The meritocracy myth vs. the real gender pay gap One of the myths about the tech sector is that it’s a meritocracy, where people are primarily judged and rewarded on ability. Unfortunately, that’s not the case. The gender pay gap…

Free agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick says he has "unfinished business" in the NFL and is prepared to come back to the league as a backup quarterback if he has to. The activist said in an interview on the "I AM ATHLETE" podcast released Monday that he just needs "the opportunity…

Thinking about the effect Bitcoin has and will have on the organization of human society sends one down many rabbit holes. We’ve been down a few already. In the final part of this series, we’re going to explore the idea of a “meritocracy,” alongside some flavors of that model which…

A 1958 dystopian novel by a British sociologist contains eerie parallels to our present dysfunction and the crisis coming to a head. Lord Michael Young of Dartington (1915-2002), in 1949. (Photo by Charles Hewitt/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) The Covid-19 pandemic is so complex, so vast in scale, that I doubt…

What is the matter with the Democrats? On one level, the answer is simple. Voters with college degrees are increasingly siding with the Party, while those without are moving toward the Republicans, and there are more people in the second category than the first: about two in five voters in…