The Sunday, November 6th issue of The New York Times' Sunday Review's section includes an article titled "Our Reckless Meritocracy" in which author states that: "for the last 10 years, we've watched this same elite lead us off a cliff - mostly by being too smart to its own good." After reading the piece (see link below) and analyzing it, post your comments and opinions on the blog and be ready to discuss these in class.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/06/opinion/sunday/douthat-our-reckless-meritocracy.html?_r=1&ref=opinion
I definitely agree with what the article is trying to portray. Nowadays, the high class are the people who have reached a higher level of education no matter if they come from a poor or rich background. And these same people are the Heads of important political offices as well as coorporations. They are supposed to be the most smart and capable people, but their smartness has not been enough to provide with progress. In the article the author mentions Jon Corzine as an example of the "Reckless Meritocracy". In my opinion another example would be the president Barack Obama,who graduated from Harvard Law School, and regardless his intelligence he has not done that much of great things for the country; he might be humble and knowledgeable but he lacks experience.
ReplyDeleteThis article is for sure facing one of the most controversial situations the U.S faces in the present.The author ,using different examples, states the facts about so many bright people coming from humble origins, that move forward in life and become very successful.However, right after the rise comes the fall, because these people don't know their limits, and start taking unnecessary risks and compromising many others with them, which leads to failure most of the time.Our country does need bright, brave people who are willing to work hard and move past their humble origins working towards a better future. However that spirited attitude is as important as a sense of humility and reality.
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