Just because someone is right about something or is competent at something, doesn’t mean you have to or ought to: do what they do; do what they tell you to do; do what’s good for them; do what they want you to do; do what other people think that person wants you to do; be included in their plans; be included in their confidence; believe what they believe; believe important what they believe important. If you don’t keep this distinction, then you might have a bucket error about “X is right about / good at Y” and “I have to Z” for some Z mentioned above, and Z might require a bunch of bad stuff, and so you will either not want to admit that X is good at Y, or else you will stop tracking in general when people are good at Y, or stop thinking Y matters (whereas by default you did think Y matters). Meritocracy (rule of the meritorious) isn’t the same thing as… meritognosis(?) (knowing who is meritorious). In general, -cracy is only good in some situations.
Just because someone is right about something or is competent at something, doesn’t mean you have to or ought to: do what they do; do what they tell you to do; do what’s good for them; do what they want you to do; do what other people think that person wants you to do; be included in their plans; be included in their confidence; believe what they believe; believe important what they believe important. If you don’t keep this distinction, then you might have a bucket error about “X is right about / good at Y” and “I have to Z” for some Z mentioned above, and Z might require a bunch of bad stuff, and so you will either not want to admit that X is good at Y, or else you will stop tracking in general when people are good at Y, or stop thinking Y matters (whereas by default you did think Y matters). Meritocracy (rule of the meritorious) isn’t the same thing as… meritognosis(?) (knowing who is meritorious). In general, -cracy is only good in some situations.