Competence: beats ignorance, but also mastery?

Developing software, hiring, education, voting…it affects everything. Fake it when you make it, then fail to ever make anything worthwhile ever again. The world is “judgy”. Some of this is warranted: You want to hire and promote the best people. You need to assess if people are doing a good job. I get it. Is it just me… though… or has this taken a “turn” lately? I feel like I’m being judged… like……