We’re excited that you graduated college. We’ll high five you when you complete your MBA. Oh, you’re a doctor now? That’s wonderful.
Congratulations on all of your college degrees — you’ll be happy to know they mean nothing here.
Now, before you start pelting me with your student loan re-payment coupons — let me explain why we want you to be excited about this fact.
What is a meritocracy you might ask? It’s essentially a system where groups of people progress based on merit and ability — rather than privilege, wealth, social class, etc.
In our time we’ve seen very little correlation or causality between the level of education people have achieved and their ability to e...