A review by castrologico
The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good? by Michael J. Sandel

4.0

"For all our striving, we are not self-made and self-sufficient; finding ourselves in a society that prizes our talents is our good fortune, not our due."

This work by Michael Sandel is an outstanding deconstruction of the meritocratic ideal that prevails in most developed Western societies. It provided food for thought and raised many valid points on how this way of measuring worth is dangerous not only for society as a whole but for everyone.