I wrote this a while back, relevant to the topic: https://opensource.com/open-organization/15/9/open-organization-book-club-chapter-4
Also helped with this one, which makes the connection between the ideal of meritocracy and the need for diversity: https://opensource.com/business/14/10/interview-delisa-alexander-red-hat The two can be in conflict, but don't have to be... really, diversity is a necessary piece of meritocracy. ----- Rebecca Fernandez Principal Employment Branding + Communications Specialist Work: 919-754-4678 Mobile: 919-931-4957 On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 9:36 AM, Allison Matlack <[email protected]> wrote: > I recently read this article about how the emphasis on knowledge as a > commodity and the whole idea of meritocracy were helping contribute to the > death of the middle class. If we have a huge group of disenfranchised > people who can't get a good education for whatever reason (circumstance, > disability, bad schools, poverty, et al), then they are locked out of this > new economy of ideas we're building for ourselves. > > > http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/07/the-war-on-stupid-people/485618/ > > -A > > > > On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 9:03 AM, Laura Hilliger <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I don’t subscribe, but I’d love to talk more about “meritocracy" anyway :) >> >> Last month while I was in NYC, I got into a fairly heated discussion with >> a Columbia professor. I was quite flustered. Although, I have pointed out >> diversity and inclusion issues in Meritocracies, I’d always been a believer >> in the ideal. A friend of mine said "Etymology isn't destiny”, which sums >> up my side of the argument. >> >> But this particular word, for which I cannot find a synonym, has started >> a bit of a flame war here in the space between social justice and >> technology. >> >> The term “meritocracy”, as much as we strive for the theoretical ideal, >> is quite problematic. Michael Young coined it in 1958 (is this true?), but >> it was meant as a dystopian warning: >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rise_of_the_Meritocracy >> >> When I spoke with Brook Manville a while back, he said that the Ancient >> Greeks used this system. What I didn’t consider at the time, however, is >> that in ancient Greece there were slaves and, of course, women. Neither of >> these groups could benefit from Greek meritocracy, so it wasn’t *really* a >> meritocracy. >> >> And this article briefly covers some of the key issues, particularly in >> tech. >> http://readwrite.com/2014/01/24/github-meritocracy-rug/ >> >> I guess some of the questions are – can the Open Movement reclaim the >> word “meritocracy”? Should we even try? Is it tainted? How can we explain >> the difference between “our” meritocracies and the pervasive myths that >> people call "meritocracies”? >> >> —laura >> >> Laura Hilliger >> [email protected] >> www.zythepsary.com >> @epilepticrabbit <http://twitter.com/#!/epilepticrabbit> >> >> On Jul 12, 2016, at 7:09 PM, Bryan Behrenshausen <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> Anyone else here subscribe to _The Hedgehog Review_? This month's issue >> is on "Meritocracy and its Discontents," and seems like it would be of >> great interest to many on the list. I've just begun reading it but would >> love to talk more about the articles with anyone else who's gotten hold >> of them. >> >> http://www.iasc-culture.org/THR/index.php >> >> Bryan >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Openorg-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/openorg-list >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Openorg-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/openorg-list >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Openorg-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/openorg-list > >
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