I don’t think that meritocracy is a legitimate term. In the previous chapters, this term was debunked before it was even discussed. In order to have the best and the brightest everyone has to have the same opportunity to access the education required to be the best and the brightest. Clearly, ambition is not always taken into account when assigning such titles. I think that this term is simply “corporate speak” for we tried.
Work Cited
Wachter-Boettcher, Sara. Technically Wrong: Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms, and Other Threats of Toxic Tech. W.W. Norton and Company, 2018. Chapter 9