Jan 14
3 min read
The Slow Rise of America Mediocrity
Did Thomas Jefferson High School make a one-time error?
In 1958, sociologist Michael Dunlop Young wrote a dystopian book called The Rise of Meritocracy. Young depicted a future where merit, defined as intellectual talent and achievement, will be the central organizing principle of society. Merit will replace previous divisions of social class, creating a world where the merited power-holding elite will…
