The sorting machine: Exclusivity, striving, and how designers can (re)make style

<p>If I had to guess, I&rsquo;d say that Michael Sandel &mdash; political philosopher and Harvard professor &mdash; doesn&rsquo;t care much about fashion. By that I don&rsquo;t mean he dresses poorly. In fact, in his tie-less oxford shirt and sport coat, he cuts an affable figure of the<a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion/what-is-academia-aesthetic-fashion" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">&nbsp;academia aesthetic</a>. Personal effects aside, Sandel&rsquo;s book, &ldquo;The Tyranny of Merit,&rdquo;<em>&nbsp;</em>describes a concept that maps well onto the cultural and economic dynamics at play within the fashion system: the sorting machine.</p> <p>Sandel&rsquo;s book is mostly about the stratifying and polarizing effects of America&rsquo;s merit-based higher education system. He argues that the zero-sum game of college admissions &mdash; to elite schools in particular &mdash; creates&nbsp;<em>winners</em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>losers</em>&nbsp;in a moral and economic sense. The winners, who believe they earned their spot at top schools through talent plus effort, go on to enjoy wealth, power, and a sense of moral worthiness. The losers are sustained by honest if unglamorous work, and command considerably less esteem than their more (or differently) educated peers.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@sarah.goodgoll/the-sorting-machine-exclusivity-striving-and-how-designers-can-re-make-style-08f9c0fe3eb4"><strong>Visit Now</strong></a></p>