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> highest income demographic Yes, concentrated in a narrow band around upper middle class professional jobs. The point of the article is that some people want

> highest income demographic Yes, concentrated in a narrow band around upper middle class professional jobs. The point of the article is that some people want more than that, and can't figure out why they aren't getting it. Well, you don't get above average outcomes without taking some risk, and it's no surprise that the most risk-averse culture is going to be under-represented at the top, while still doing well in the median outcome.

chithanh 7y ago
> The point of the article is that some people want more than that, and can't figure out why they aren't getting it. Actually, the article found out pretty well why they aren't getting it: "And yet while only 15 percent of the male population is at least six feet tall, 58 percent of all corporate CEOs are." Asians are not as tall as other ethnic groups, so are naturally at a disadvantage here. Only 3% of CEOs are 5'7" or less, which is the median height of an Asian-American male. 95th percentile height of Asian-Americans is 5'11.4" or thereabouts (source: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_03/sr03_039.pdf https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_03/sr03_039.pdf ).
- inimino 7y ago
  Height? Are you sure that if you control for height you can explain away the entire effect? I think there might be a little more to it than that.
rayiner 7y ago
> The point of the article is that some people want more than that, and can't figure out why they aren't getting it. Well as an Asian I’d say these delusions of grandeur are part of the problem.
- inimino 7y ago
  Delusions of grandeur? If you work your whole life doing all the things people tell you to, and do them well, and you expect some reward beyond a pat on the back, is this a delusion or a reasonable expectation? The one that wants to be a leader, but never will, because leadership character traits were conditioned out of him (or her) by a long process of socialization towards following and away from questioning, disobedience, independent observation and inquiry, in short all the attributes of leadership ... this one suffers from a delusion? Perhaps, but then can we blame him if every person in authority in his life has always told him he is doing everything well? How can this delusion be dissolved if the entire cultural heritage in which he is shaped encourages following rules as a chief virtue?

chithanh 7y ago

> The point of the article is that some people want more than that, and can't figure out why they aren't getting it. Actually, the article found out pretty well why they aren't getting it: "And yet while only 15 percent of the male population is at least six feet tall, 58 percent of all corporate CEOs are." Asians are not as tall as other ethnic groups, so are naturally at a disadvantage here. Only 3% of CEOs are 5'7" or less, which is the median height of an Asian-American male. 95th percentile height of Asian-Americans is 5'11.4" or thereabouts (source: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_03/sr03_039.pdf https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_03/sr03_039.pdf ).

inimino 7y ago
Height? Are you sure that if you control for height you can explain away the entire effect? I think there might be a little more to it than that.

rayiner 7y ago

> The point of the article is that some people want more than that, and can't figure out why they aren't getting it. Well as an Asian I’d say these delusions of grandeur are part of the problem.

inimino 7y ago
Delusions of grandeur? If you work your whole life doing all the things people tell you to, and do them well, and you expect some reward beyond a pat on the back, is this a delusion or a reasonable expectation? The one that wants to be a leader, but never will, because leadership character traits were conditioned out of him (or her) by a long process of socialization towards following and away from questioning, disobedience, independent observation and inquiry, in short all the attributes of leadership ... this one suffers from a delusion? Perhaps, but then can we blame him if every person in authority in his life has always told him he is doing everything well? How can this delusion be dissolved if the entire cultural heritage in which he is shaped encourages following rules as a chief virtue?