Glossary
Used as the reform principle that angered powerful players because it ignored status, parent power, and local game rules.
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fairness
A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...first problem with meritocracy, OK? Yes, I know meritocracy is about fairness. But why is it then that we live in a point in..."
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...first problem with meritocracy, OK? Yes, I know meritocracy is about fairness. But why is it then that we live in a point in..."
Key Notes
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Jiang argues that meritocracy intensifies inequality because people at the top believe the system is fair and that they deserved their advantages.
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The American game requires openness, fairness, and clarity: anyone can come and play, the rules are simple, and wealth should follow work, talent, and merit.
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His core explanation is that fairness was not how the school game was played; the game was made by stakeholders who played according to their interests.
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The Zhu Yuanzhang Keju story shows that the emperor did not want fairness; he wanted a system preventing localities from rebelling against the center.
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Chinese society trusts test scores over teacher recommendations, qualitative measures, and institutions because Gaokao bypasses low institutional trust.
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Jiang argues early test scores are a poor basis for deciding a child's eventual adult performance, making the Chinese sorting system unfair.
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"...first problem with meritocracy, OK? Yes, I know meritocracy is about fairness. But why is it then that we live in a point in..."
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"They're trying to welcome as many people as possible. So they decide that the nation will become a game, a game where the citizen..."
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"...melting pot. Okay? That's the first idea. The second idea is fairness. And the third is clarity. So in other words, people are willing..."
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"Because I insisted on fairness, okay? I don't care who you are. I don't care who your parents are. I want... I want you..."
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"and everyone's excited okay so everyone comes and takes the examination when the results come out what happens is that the the test takers..."
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"his report he presents to the emperor okay and he says to the emperor your majesty I personally have done this investigation and and..."
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"As we know, bureaucracies are always resistant to any change. There's bureaucratic inertia. So that's one major problem. But then the other problems are..."
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"Exactly. So again, the issue is that China is a very large country, huge population with very limited education resources. Peking and Tsinghua are..."
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"a very unfair system because, you know, the development trajectory of kids, of any adult, it's not a linear trajectory. You don't know how..."
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"And you don't know how a kid is going to perform at age 18 based on his test scores at age six. So, it's..."
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"...of major countries defending the authority of their nations in international fairness and justice, oppose all unilateral bullying and acts that turn the wheel..."
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"...which was to end the war in Ukraine in an old fairness, uh, this could have been done. Yeah. If he would've cut off,..."
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