magine a world where the best ideas have the best chance to succeed. No more favoritism that places the wrong people on creative projects. Cut out the middlemen that arbitrarily recommend cost-efficient talent over the most deserving talent. Forget the corporate nepotism that appoints leaders based on relationships over merit. Every individual, team, and industry would benefit from a world where the most talented people got the most opportunity.      Unfortunately, we're up against centuries of entrenched practices unfriendly to merit-based opportunity. Most industries - and society as a whole - are plagued with inefficiencies, middlemen, and tainted systems for determining quality.