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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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