On Conservatism

Why hiring the ‘best’ people produces the least creative results

By Scott E. Page ● Aeon ● 01/30/2018


The multidimensional or layered character of complex problems…undermines the principle of meritocracy: the idea that the ‘best person’ should be hired. There is no best person.

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