The failure and non-reform of meritocratic systems is paradoxically good for those already inside them, because fixing the systems would replace current gatekeepers and beneficiaries with more genuinely gifted people, making the institution more competitive and excluding the current occupants.
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Malcolm GladwellEvidence Quote
“if we fixed the system the people who would replace us at a conference like this would be so much smarter than we are this conference would have been so much more fun Google would make so much more money and I wouldn't be here someone far more gifted than I would be giving this talk”
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