181. What’s So Great About Meritocracy?
No Stupid Questions4 Feb 2024

181. What’s So Great About Meritocracy?

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  • SOURCES:
    • Warren Buffett, investor and philanthropist.
    • James Flynn, political philosopher at the University of Otago.
    • Robert Frank, professor emeritus of management at Cornell SC Johnson College of Business.
    • Rogé Karma, staff writer at The Atlantic.
    • Nicholas Lemann, professor of journalism and dean emeritus at Columbia Journalism School.
    • Daniel Markovits, professor of law at Yale Law School.
    • Charles Munger, investor and philanthropist.
    • John Rawls, 20th-century legal and political philosopher.
    • Guy Raz, creator and host of How I Built This and Wisdom from the Top; founder and C.E.O. of Built-It Productions.
    • Michael Sandel, professor of government at Harvard University.
    • Martin Seligman, professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania.
    • Ryan Smith, founder and executive chairman of Qualtrics; owner of the Utah Jazz.


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