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1 timestamped hit 1 source reading 2 extracted notes Aliases: global-meritocracies, meritocracies, meritocracy

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global meritocracy

The Harvard-born competition model after it spreads into China and the wider world.

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global meritocracy

Glossary

The Harvard-born competition model after it spreads into China and the wider world.

Lecture claim on 2025-09-12.

diagnosis

The meritocracy has conquered the world from Harvard outward, including China, which is why Jiang says the world is so distorted.

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The Meritocracy Eats Its Children

2025-09-12, day precision · Secret History #7: Death by Meritocracy

Transcript

"...in China? Not really, okay? All right? So the concept of meritocracy has conquered the world. It started in America. It actually started at..."

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The Meritocracy Eats Its Children

2025-09-12, day precision · glossary, claims

Reading

The lecture turns meritocracy from a school virtue into a trauma machine: Harvard invents selection as power preservation, Yale trains insecurity as ambition, and the winners become actors who can promise goodness while serving...

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