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BUZZING· 72%58m·2020-05-22·Science#205 — The Failure of Meritocracy
Making Sense with Sam Harris
Sam Harris speaks with Daniel Markovits about the problems with meritocracy. They discuss the nature of inequality in the United States, the disappearance of the leisure class, the difference between labor and capital as sources of inequality, the way the education system amplifies inequality, the shrinking middle…
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