My oldest brother used to love (as a Medical Student) asking, “What do you call a Medical Student who gets 50% for their final exam?”. The answer is Doctor. It is only in the classroom setting where the false laboratory conditions allow us to weigh and measure everybody. You can even ask university level questions for 2 marks to separate the first and second place 12-year olds who are getting everything “at their level” right. In the real world, meritocracy is limited by the fact that no one cares how clever you are. It is not about you. They want their problem solved. If there is an over supply of problem solvers, you do not have to pay them very much. As more people can read, write, think, create, and exchange ideas, it gets harder to pretend the barrier to wealth is merit. The barriers are not skills and knowledge. The barriers are the containers. Rather than survival of the fittest, it is survival of the most flexible. What is the container in which you make money? Why can’t others make money in that way? What if that container no longer existed?
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