It is from one of the temples of meritocracy that the philosopher Michael J. Sandel wrote this book which denounces its tyranny.
Sandel is in his sixties and has been teaching at Harvard for thirty years.
We don't count his videos, from YouTube to TED.
The famous online courses - the Moocs -, that's him.
He tells us about his dark wood office on the Boston campus.
During all these years, he has seen his university transform into an international company whose administration has become a gigantic sorting machine.
To his students, he tries to explain that what they have won through sleepless nights does not give them all the rights.
An idea that they have difficulty digesting, he admits to us.
This is understandable, given the fierceness of the competition.
Each year, 2,000 students are selected by Harvard out of 35,000 applicants.
Sandel describes this frenzy that begins in the cradle and is reminiscent of our high school competitions, and much worse.
He would like
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