We’re excited that you graduated college. We’ll high five you when you complete your MBA. Oh, you’re a doctor now? That’s wonderful.

Congratulations on all of your college degrees — you’ll be happy to know they mean nothing here.

Now, before you start pelting me with your student loan re-payment coupons — let me explain why we want you to be excited about this fact.

We’re a Meritocracy

What is a meritocracy you might ask? It’s essentially a system where groups of people progress based on merit and ability — rather than privilege, wealth, social class, etc.

In our time we’ve seen very little correlation or causality between the level of education people have achieved and their ability to excel at their jobs. In fact, many of our best pe...