How the Ivy League Broke America

 The Six Sins of the Meritocracy

1. The system overrates intelligence.  
2. Success in school is not the same thing as success in life. 
3. The game is rigged. 
4. The meritocracy has created an American caste system.
5. The meritocracy has damaged the psyches of the American elite. 
6. The meritocracy has provoked a populist backlash that is tearing society apart.   David Brooks, The Atlantic