En politique comme dans les entreprises, “les médiocres ont pris le pouvoir” - Idées
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The Jasons
Benjamin Kallman March 19, 2013 Submitted as coursework for PH241, Stanford University, Winter 2013 The Jasons are a secret organization of scientists whose purpose is to advise the government on difficult technological questions.
Meritocracy: the great delusion that ingrains inequality
“We must create a level playing field for American companies and workers!” shouted Donald Trump in his first address to Congress last month, before announcing that tighter immigration controls would take the form of a “merit-based” system. Like so many before him, Trump was wrapping political reforms in the language of meritocracy, conjuring up the image of a “fair” system where people are free to work hard to activate their talent and climb the ladder of success. Since becoming prime minister, Theresa May has also promised to make Britain “the world’s great meritocracy” (or, in The Sun’s phrase, a “Mayritocracy”). She reiterated this pledge when announcing her revival of the grammar schools system, abandoned in the 1960s. “I want Britain to be a place where advantage is based on merit not privilege,” she proclaimed, “where it’s your talent and hard work that matter, not where you were born, who your parents are or what your accent sounds like.”
A Story of Slavery in Modern America - The Atlantic
Alex Tizon passed away in March. He was a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and the author of Big Little Man: In Search of My Asian Self. For more about Alex, please see this editor’s note.
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