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I think billionaires are much closer to what I mentioned than to politicians. You can tell this by the fact that most billionaires have engineering degrees or w
by stopachka 6y ago
I think billionaires are much closer to what I mentioned than to politicians. You can tell this by the fact that most billionaires have engineering degrees or were tinkerers.
One defining quality is that billionaires need to scale work that often involves management. In this case consider prolific basketball coaches, or generals in war.
The reason I shy away from including politicians, is because their m.o is starkly different: it’s all about status.
- travisjungroth 6y agoSure, coaches and generals are also much better comparison. Either way, I think your argument is weak. “Sure you feel this away about billionaires. But change ‘billionaire’ to something different and your feelings change.” Well, duh. That’s not even an analogy. You’re just literally changing the subject of the sentence. Billionaires are super different than writers in ways that are relevant to this discussion.
- stopachka 6y agoMy argument is more like this: Most people have a natural bias towards billionaires. To remove the particulars of the essay, to look at it with fresh eyes. Yes, indeed it changes things, and no one change will map completely. Do this a few times though and a clearer sight comes through
- travisjungroth 6y agoWhat if I do that and I come to the same conclusions I did before?
- stopachka 6y agoThen, you can be more confident in your conclusions. You may still be off, but heck, you would have subjected yourself to much more critical thinking than average, and can be much more confident in your opinions.