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Daniel Markovitz's new book, The Meritocracy Trap, argues that the notion of meritocracy is flawed, and that any socioeconomic reward is based on a flawed notion of "self-made" rather than on "earned" wealth. In this episode, I speak with Daniel about why this is a problem that needs to be addressed, and how to fix it, and why it's time to move away from meritocracy and toward a new kind of caste system of "caste system" that rewards meritocracy but denies opportunity to people who are talented but don't succeed because they weren't given the right opportunities. The meritocracy Trap is a book that challenges the idea that there is a "right" way to achieve a meritocracy, and argues that there's no such thing as a meritocratic system at all. And that's why meritocracy should be replaced by a caste system, because meritocracy itself is unjust and unjustifies itself by being based on the notion that everyone should be given the same opportunities and a fair shot at the same things as everyone else. If you want to know how meritocracy works, then you need to start with the core problem, which is that there are no more talented people than there are talented people who succeed, because they don't have to be talented enough to succeed because of their meritocracies, because there are more talented than they were given enough opportunities to be given them the same chance to succeed. This is a conversation whose time has come and is overdue to be had, not a conversation that has come too soon, and needs to come to terms with the problem it needs to start. And so, I'll let you know what that means, and what it means, because it's come too late, and it's coming too late to get a chance to make sense of the problem, and too late too soon to start making sense of it and that it's a problem too late in the first place a problem whose time is now too late. Thanks for listening to the Making Sense Podcast? by Sam Harris Subscribe to The Making Sense by making sense? by clicking here to get access to the full episode by becoming a supporter of the podcast and getting access to future episodes of the show, and more episodes, and a discount on future episodes on the next one coming soon, coming soon so you won't want to miss it? and as always, I never want money be the reason why someone can't listen to the podcast?
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