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3. How does the modern, high-pressure meritocracy impact the search for human meaning? How does the pressure to “make something of yourself” damage your ability to cultivate the eulogy virtues? As a society, we’ve bought into the idea of a meritocracy: that nowadays in America we rise according to what we’ve earned, what we’ve merited.ContinueContinue reading “Character 4: The Downside of a Meritocracy”