909. Why Choosing Between Merit and A Connection Should Be Straight Forward

<p>🎉 New #Podcast!</p> <p>Nepotism, tribalism, cronyism etc stand on one side while "Merit" stands on the other. We preach merit all day long and preach against connections with disdain. Is that in order?</p> <p>Whether we like it or not, we are living in a universe that chiefly operates on connections more than on merit. If anything, connections are a foundational principle of how the world works. Listen to this.</p>