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2026-04-21 06:47 UTC
@freakboy3742@cloudisland.nz @carlton@chaos.social which book?
Edit: found it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rise_of_the_Meritocracy
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@freakboy3742@cloudisland.nz 2026-04-21 06:49
@mdione@en.osm.town @carlton@chaos.social "The Rise of the Meritocracy", by Michael Dunlop Young. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rise_of_the_Meritocracy
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@carlton@chaos.social 2026-04-21 06:49
@mdione@en.osm.town @freakboy3742@cloudisland.nz It's cited in this article here: https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n02/iza-ding/studying-is-harmful#:~:text=Michael%20Young’s%20warning%20about%20a%20new%20educated%20elite%20in%20The%20Rise%20of%20the%20Meritocracy%2C%20the%20satirical%20novel%20that%20popularised%20the%20word%2C%20was%20in%20fact%20embraced%20as%20an%20ideal The review is of "The Highest Exam: How the Gaokao Shapes China" but the satire was called " The Rise of the Meritocracy"