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.

RESOURCES:
- The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good? by Michael Sandel (2020).
- The Meritocracy Trap: How America's Foundational Myth Feeds Inequality, Dismantles the Middle Class, and Devours the Elite, by Daniel Markovits (2019).
- "'The Meritocracy Trap,' Explained," by Rogé Karma (Vox, 2019).
- "Reflections About Intelligence Over 40 Years," by James Flynn (Intelligence, 2018).
- "Here’s Why Warren Buffett Says That He and Charlie Munger Are Successful," by Emmie Martin (CNBC, 2018).
- Success and Luck: Good Fortune and the Myth of Meritocracy, by Robert Frank (2016).
- The Lottery, film by Madeleine Sackler (2010).
- The Big Test: The Secret History of the American Meritocracy, by Nicholas Lemann (1999).
- “The Psychology of Human Misjudgment,” speech by Charles Munger (1995).

EXTRAS:
- "What’s the Point of I.Q. Testing?" by No Stupid Questions (2023).
- "What’s So Bad About Nepotism?" by No Stupid Questions (2022).

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