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WIST Quotations · @WISTquote

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A quotation from La Bruyere, Jean de:

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A well-born man is fortunate, but so is the man about whom people no longer ask, is he well-born?
[S’il est heureux d’avoir de la naissance, il ne l’est pas moins d’être tel qu’on ne s’informe plus si vous en avez.]
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Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/la-bruyere-jean-de/51903/

#quote #quotes #quotation #character #descent #family #merit #nobility #parentage #self-worth

#quote #quotes #quotation #character #descent #family #merit #nobility #parentage #self

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Tom Mazanec · @tommazanec

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Open media

My latest article is out. Read "Literary Debts in Tang China: On the Exchange of Money, Merit, and Meter" here in Monumenta Serica 71.1. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02549948.2023.2198396

If you don't have institutional access, you can download a copy here:
https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/QW7SRHUE8TBDPCQTIFYT/full?target=10.1080/02549948.2023.2198396

If that link doesn't work, email me for a copy if you're interested.

#Chinese #Poetry #Exchange #Money #Merit #Tang #ReligiousStudies #LiteraryStudies #Debt

#chinese #poetry #exchange #money #merit #Tang #religiousstudies #literarystudies #debt

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BioSchweiz · @BioSchweiz

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This is an insightful take on #merit I find- will read now some arguments on the other side.

https://multiculturalmeanderings.com/2023/05/05/paul-a-paper-that-says-science-should-be-impartial-was-rejected-from-major-journals-you-cant-make-this-up/

#merit

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ParkHealth · @ParkHealth

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#Celebrity is the #chastisement of #merit and the #punishment of #talent #9HS7V - ParkHealth Notes | OpenSea https://opensea.io/assets/matic/0x2953399124f0cbb46d2cbacd8a89cf0599974963/46316387645623418400861574497267573792497807413262795597612356842427145781249

#celebrity #chastisement #merit #punishment #talent #9hs7v

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WordofTheHour · @wordofthehour

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#merit : in a good sense: the quality or state of deserving well

- French: mérite

- Italian: merito

- Portuguese: mérito

- Spanish: mérito

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Thank you so much for being a member of our community!

#merit

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Dennis Alexis Valin Dittrich · @davdittrich

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When #merit breeds #luck (or not)
https://www.unive.it/pag/fileadmin/user_upload/dipartimenti/economia/doc/Pubblicazioni_scientifiche/working_papers/2023/WP_DSE_bernasconi_longo_maggian_02_23.pdf
"Leaving subjects under the #VeilOfIgnorance about their relative income position reduces selfish behavior. #InequalityAversion & #fairness mostly affect redistributive choices of impartial spectators when recipients of #redistribution are not informed about their initial endowments, suggesting that the luck vs. merit effect is not the only driver of redistribution on behalf of others."
#ExperimentalEcon

#ExperimentalEcon #redistribution #fairness #inequalityaversion #veilofignorance #luck #merit

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IndiaNewsWatch · @indianewswatch

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Madhya Pradesh hired people close to RSS for govt jobs, skipping actual applicants

Procedure was bypassed in hiring 88 block and district coordinators.

#MadhyaPradesh #RSS #merit #employment #jobs #MPgovt #CEDMAP #MPCONltd #hindutva #BJP #communalism #india

https://www.newslaundry.com/2023/03/30/madhya-pradesh-hired-people-close-to-rss-for-govt-jobs-skipping-actual-applicants

#MadhyaPradesh #RSS #merit #employment #jobs #mpgovt #cedmap #mpconltd #hindutva #BJP #Communalism #india

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JBRoss · @jbross

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"The same principle leads us to neglect a person of merit that induces us to admire a fool [ed]." — Jean de La Bruyère — — — #JeandeLaBruyère #quote #quotes #fool #merit #hero #champion #martyr #stupid #smart

#jeandelabruyere #quote #quotes #fool #merit #hero #champion #martyr #stupid #smart

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Walter Rhein · @walterrhein

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I think "meritocracy" is just another word colonizers use to justify exploitation.

#merit #taxtherich #injustice #economic #wealth #weathdistribution #ceopay #middleclass #work #earned #progressives #bernie

https://medium.com/afrosapiophile/everybody-who-has-more-than-me-claims-they-earned-it-8dd1465e562a

#merit #taxtherich #injustice #economic #wealth #weathdistribution #ceopay #middleclass #work #earned #progressives #bernie

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gwfoto · @gwfoto

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Why Progressives Shouldn’t Give Up on Meritocracy

Obama Administration’s Department of Justice, led by Eric Holder, instituted “D.E.I.”—diversity, equity, and inclusion—standards for the financial sector. According to Carlson, this meant that women and minorities, who, in his estimation, were clearly incompetent, now worked in pivotal positions in the banking industry. “Ideologues used the 2008 bank bailout to kill American meritocracy,

#Carlson #DEI #MERIT #SVB

https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/why-progressives-shouldnt-give-up-on-meritocracy

#carlson #dei #merit #svb

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Dennis Alexis Valin Dittrich · @davdittrich

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On #Meritocracy As A Theory Of #DistributiveJustice
https://3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2023/03/on-meritocracy-as-a-theory-of-distributive-justice.html

The “playing field” isn’t level, there is an oversupply of talent and the methods for determining #merit are often winner-take-all, the social determinants of merit often don’t line up with objective criteria of merit; and the methods for determining merit aren’t robustly sensitive to desert.

#EqualOpportunity #Rawls

#rawls #equalopportunity #merit #distributivejustice #meritocracy

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Pillosopher-Arjun Rajagopalan · @arjun

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Open media

✅ A fake news frenzy: why ChatGPT could be disastrous for truth in journalism | 💬 The Guardian, Emily Bell | 📄 ▶️ https://bit.ly/3SNktbg

🔑 #ChatGPT #LLM #AI #misinformation #truth #CriticalThinking #merit #P4life #philosophy #quality #writing

#chatgpt #llm #ai #misinformation #truth #criticalthinking #merit #p4life #philosophy #quality #writing

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Pillosopher-Arjun Rajagopalan · @arjun

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Open media

Being an organisation "lifer" is no longer the way of the future; non-linear career paths are where it's at.

“Only those who decline to scramble up the career ladder are interesting as human beings. Nothing is more boring than a man with a career.” ― Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn

🔑 #change #idea #merit #P4life #SelfHelp #strategy #career

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#change #idea #merit #p4life #selfhelp #strategy #career

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Shiwali Mohan | शिवाली मोहन · @shiwali

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#racism, #casteism, #xenophobia, #sexism, #religionism - are all the same. The all stem from our desire for a set of 'rules' that explain our infinitely complex world.

#Egalitarianism and #Merit are myths that we have created to sustain our inherently #tribal thinking.

#racism #casteism #xenophobia #sexism #religionism #egalitarianism #merit #tribal