Comment by desert_boi

6 years ago

I think you're not giving the meritocracy at MIT enough credit. I went to a state university.

I'm not sure if this is sarcasm? I went to an unranked state university myself - I'd love to experience even a fraction of the respect these folks get.

  • It is not sarcasm. Stanford does indeed have the most alumni who founded unicorns. But Harvard, UC, and MIT round things out nicely, for American schools at least.

    https://www.theatlas.com/charts/HJSgAUdPx

    • That's...effectively the same idea.

      I'd argue that all meritocracy has completely failed people like me so I can't take that seriously at all.

      I'd also argue for a replacement, but I guess I'm not credentialed enough to propose one.