How "meritocracy" went from a joke to a dogma, and destroyed the lives of everyone it touched

But it is simply not possible to get rich off your own human capital without exploiting yourself and impoverishing your inner life

Once again, the Protestant Work Ethic finds a way to make chumps of us all. I’ve made it one of my personal missions in life to let younger people know how to avoid the traps the system sets for them.

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