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Re:Like Peter Thiel, Tech Workers Feel Alienated by Silicon ... by ameister14 on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @06:55AM (#16419673)
Most of mine are from conversations with people, but this is what I immediately thought of (though I know the definition has changed a little since) https://books.google.com/books?id=QelNAQAAQBAJ

Here's another: https://practicaltheorist.wordpress.com/2012/11/14/the-myth-...

Here's a critique stating that the terms aren't defined enough to be said to be 'just'

http://assets.press.princeton.edu/chapters/s6818.pdf

The last one is the most fascinating, I really recommend you read it if you're interested in these things. Amartya Sen is brilliant.

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Re:Like Peter Thiel, Tech Workers Feel Alienated by Silicon ... by kelukelugames on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @10:36AM (#16421085)
The wordpress article says academic meritocracy doesn't exist because teachers are biased. The author is calling it a myth to say it exists in our society. Doesn't seem like they are against an actual meritocracy.

Though I suppose it's easier to dismiss complaints about bias when we pretend those complainers just hate our meritocracy.

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Re:Like Peter Thiel, Tech Workers Feel Alienated by Silicon ... by ameister14 on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @05:40PM (#16424941)
The author is saying that a meritocracy is a dystopian nightmare. Literally, he coined the term meritocracy to describe his dystopian nightmare civilization.

I'm not sure how to parse your last sentence. Could you clarify what you mean?

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