"...we need to dismantle meritocracy.DeBoer is skeptical of "equality of opportunity". Even if you solve racism, sexism, poverty, and many other things that DeBoer repeatedly reminds us have not been solved, you'll just get people succeeding or failing based on natural talent......One one level, the titular Cult Of Smart is just the belief that enough … Continue reading Meritocracy, Intelligence & Education
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Ordinary Invisibility
"There are these two young fish swimming along and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says 'Morning, boys. How’s the water?' And the two young fish swim on for a bit, and then eventually one of them looks over at the other and goes 'What … Continue reading Ordinary Invisibility
