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The world is not a meritocracy, as much as we may like to pretend that it is. And we have a long way to go before we really reward people based on their own merit.

Malcolm Gladwell
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"Book World Live: Malcolm Gladwell, author of 'Outliers'". Online discuss, www.washingtonpost.com. November 18, 2008.
The world is not a meritocracy, as much as we may like to pretend that it is. And we have a long way to go before we really reward people based on their own merit.