Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Our Reckless Meritocracy - NYTimes.com
This could easily be one's "word of the day".
As we mature, most of us learn the hazard of being overconfident.
That being said, I'll let the writer make what I think is an excellent point...
As we mature, most of us learn the hazard of being overconfident.
That being said, I'll let the writer make what I think is an excellent point...
Ross Douthat recently published this on the New York Times website. After an interesting explanation, he concludes:
"In place of reckless meritocrats, we don’t need feckless know-nothings. We need intelligent leaders with a sense of their own limits, experienced people whose lives have taught them caution. We still need the best and brightest, but we need them to have somehow learned humility along the way."
