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Leaders lose mental capacities, most notably for reading other people (2017)
- dang 8y agoDiscussed at the time: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14588308 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14588308
- async-await 8y agoI have a theory that we are very intuitive of people who have leverage or influence over us for example a boss who can hire or fire. We have to be very conscious of that person whereas that person doesn't have to bother reading us.
- fallingfrog 8y agoThat’s a well established notion in anarchist thought as well as feminist thought (as an explanation for why women are considered inscrutable but women are also considered empathetic- because men don’t really have to put in the effort.) https://amp.reddit.com/r/Anarchism/comments/14qprl/explanation_of_structural_stupidity_by_david/ https://amp.reddit.com/r/Anarchism/comments/14qprl/explanati...
- mac01021 8y agoThis is the first I've heard of women being considered inscrutable.
- setr 8y agoI’ve thought about this for a bit, and I’ve decided that you’re wrong. You most certainly have.
- fallingfrog 8y agohttps://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Women%20Logic https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Women%20Logi...
- mac01021 8y agoOne can be totally irrational and still completely scrutable.
- Dowwie 8y agoIn the article is reference to a study that confirms this
- shanghaiaway 8y agoBeing in a leadership position requires disregarding what people think and feel in order to make the best decision. Also, as you're in the center of attention, it causes cognitive overload. Tuning down empathy is probably required to do the job.
- BLKNSLVR 8y agoMaybe disregarding what people feel is OK, but disregarding what they think is almost the primary folly the article is describing. Disregarding what people think is almost guaranteed to result in bad decisions.