N.R. Narayana Murthy

Here is an old interview of Narayana Murthy.I made it a point to read it today to try to understand the man a little better .

Generally I have such an antipathy towards the man that I tend to tune him out.I dislike hearing him talk about merit.While in theory it sounds good to reward the most meritorious the real problem lies in how that merit is to be determined.How is the merit of a chess player to be compared to that of a singer?And BTW is it more meritorious to sing operatic airs or folk songs?And are new /innovative ways better or orthodox ways more meritorious?Its not my case that incompetent people aught to be running the show but too narrow a definition of merit just tends to suppress the innate creative ability of people.And a merit based system can be pretty wasteful of talent and abilities. Read more of this post