Tag Archives: Success

A belief in meritocracy is not only false: it’s bad for you

Posted on March 31, 2019 by Luther Blissett

By Clifton Mark Source: Aeon ‘We are true to our creed when a little girl born into the bleakest poverty knows that she has the same chance to succeed as anybody else …’ Barack Obama, inaugural address, 2013 ‘We must … Continue reading →

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Slaves and Bulldozers, Plutocrats and Widgets

Posted on December 20, 2017 by Luther Blissett

By Kristine Mattis Source: CounterPunch There is not an industrial company on earth, not an institution of any kind – not mine, not yours, not anyone’s – that is sustainable. I stand convicted by me, myself alone, not by anyone … Continue reading →

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