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Now, I read these accounts and I wonder, if this is how businesses are run, even a small fraction of them, how are they in business at all? Like, it seems 'busi
by Balgair 10y ago
Now, I read these accounts and I wonder, if this is how businesses are run, even a small fraction of them, how are they in business at all? Like, it seems 'business' is really forgiving in terms of staying alive, like turning a profit must be really easy if these morons can do it and stay afloat for any length of time. But you go on /r/entrepreneur or some threads on HN and it is made out to be just a real drag and really really hard to do. What am I missing here, why the disconnect?
- droopyEyelids 10y agoYou've built some sort of just-world hypothesis in your head, where kindness and 'goodness-as-a-person' relates to business success. In recorded human history, exploitative actors have often been successful in business. I know you've heard about slavery before.
- papabrown 10y agoI think you might be looking at it from the wrong angle. Some of the most morally bankrupt people I've ever met are crazy intelligent. You seem to equate being a sociopath with being a moron and that is more often than not a poor assumption. The other aspect that I think you're overlooking is that people who are wired like this are often incredibly driven people. Sure, someone on /r/entrepreneur might be willing to give up everything to pursue their dream but a sociopath is willing to lie, cheat, and steal to get what they want.
- Balgair 10y agoOh no, I agree, being an asshole and being smart are independent variables, it's a roll of the genetic dice. I meant: how are these folks who are both stupid and an asshole still kicking around?