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1 timestamped hit 1 source reading 2 extracted notes Newest source: 2025-09-12, day precision Aliases: global-meritocracies, meritocracies, meritocracy

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global meritocracy

A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...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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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...in China? Not really, okay? All right? So the concept of meritocracy has conquered the world. It started in America. It actually started at..."

Most recent Jiang source touching this topic: The Meritocracy Eats Its Children (2025-09-12, day precision).

Most connected source reading: The Meritocracy Eats Its Children.

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Key Notes

global meritocracy

Glossary

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

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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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Timestamped Evidence

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..."

Sources: Reading Transcript YouTube Data

Relevant Lectures And Readings

The Meritocracy Eats Its Children

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

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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