26-08-2021, 11:14 PM
In this video, Harvard professor discussed meritocracy in our society and urged us to relook at how people should view our achievements, or non-achievements. He put forward a thesis that successful people are in fact successful not due to their own doing, but largely contributed by factors outside their control. By acknowledging that luck plays a big part to success, "successful" people will have humility in admitting that "not so successful" people deserve as much respect as anyone else, and to recognize that a cleaner is as important as a physician.
"All labour has dignity" - he exhorted that this is now the time for a moral turning questioning our meritocratic hubris. "Do I morally deserve the talents that enable me to flourish? Is it my doing that I live in a society that prizes the talents that I happen to have?" These are all poignant questions that he posed to us.
"All labour has dignity" - he exhorted that this is now the time for a moral turning questioning our meritocratic hubris. "Do I morally deserve the talents that enable me to flourish? Is it my doing that I live in a society that prizes the talents that I happen to have?" These are all poignant questions that he posed to us.