For the Love of God, Bring Back Blind Hiring Processes
One reaction to Jacob Savage’s viral essay in Compact magazine about discrimination against white men in entertainment and media over the last decade or so has been to deny that anything happened. Here’s Matt Bruenig committing statistical crimes against humanity
Meritocracy Opponents Can't Stop Accidentally Arguing in Favor of Meritocracy
Meritocracy is a simple concept: It’s the idea that people should acquire a role based on their ability to perform that role. This stands in contrast with concepts like aristocracy (acquiring a role based on social status), racial hierarchy (acquiring a role based on race), or George Santosocracy (acquiring a role because you lied your balls off and nobody checked any of it). The rise of meritocracy represents a major step forward for humanity: For most of human history, people got bossed around by some inbred noble because that noble’s ancestor won the Battle of Pig Shit Castle 300 years ago. Giving jobs to less-inbred and less-incompetent people has increased fairness and had major societal benefits.
