The Last Meritocracy

The Last Meritocracy

I'm sorry for what I said, or did, or thought

Ignorance is a starting place for growth

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Marcello De Feo
Jul 18, 2025
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Experience can be transformative, whether it’s born out of ignorance or naiveté. It’s how you respond that matters. As a teenager, I often responded poorly. It’s time I addressed that.

In a previous piece, I discussed a manipulative friend from my youth (Ronnie). He provoked others to fight me. He engineered the constant ridicule of someone in my first f…

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