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The Cabinet of Incuriosities
by noteworthy at 8:33 am EST, Dec 28, 2004 |
Undistinguished in college, business school and in the private sector, he spent nearly 30 years sitting in seminar rooms and corporate suites while experts and high achievers held forth. Now it appears that he's having his revenge -- speaking loudly for a kind of anti-meritocracy: the idea that anyone, properly encouraged and supported, can do a thoroughly adequate job, even better than adequate, in almost any endeavor. Personality is destiny. What you do is not as important as whether you are deemed morally sound and trustworthy. In other words, a "good" man -- or woman -- beats a leading expert every time. Welcome to the new meritocracy. |
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RE: The Cabinet of Incuriosities
by Decius at 4:24 pm EST, Dec 28, 2004 |
noteworthy wrote:
] What you do is not as important as whether you are deemed
] morally sound and trustworthy. In other words, a "good" man --
] or woman -- beats a leading expert every time.
]
] Welcome to the new meritocracy. Was this supposed to feel sarcastic? |
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RE: The Cabinet of Incuriosities
by noteworthy at 7:48 pm EST, Dec 28, 2004 |
What you do is not as important as whether you are deemed morally sound and trustworthy. In other words, a "good" man -- or woman -- beats a leading expert every time. Welcome to the new meritocracy. Decius wrote:
] Was this supposed to feel sarcastic? Considering the source, I would have to say that's a definite "yes." For me, the sarcasm only increases the entertainment value, while unfortunately making the Truth that much more irritating and frustrating. But you learn to take the good with the bad, and move on. |
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The Cabinet of Incuriosities
by k at 10:14 am EST, Dec 28, 2004 |
] The unspoken concern at the center of this episode: maybe
] loyalty is not enough. Maybe the president needs to vest
] his authority in someone who can actually help sail the
] ship of state on these two initiatives, someone with
] autonomous and irrefutable credibility in areas where the
] president - electoral mandates notwithstanding - could
] use a boost.
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] The president, affirming Mr. Snow, has decided otherwise.
] Power, as Mr. Bush sees it, justifies itself. No boost
] required. It is undercut, in fact, by even a reasonable
] expression of need. |
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