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Complaint about people rising to the top who lack the qualities we want to see in leadership suggests [to me] that we [collectively] already have a complete pic
by 6510 6y ago
Complaint about people rising to the top who lack the qualities we want to see in leadership suggests [to me] that we [collectively] already have a complete picture of the qualities we admire. Our problem isn't in measuring the qualities but in rewarding the ratios. On a personal level we know how to pick a breeding partner. Collectively selecting the dna cant be all that different. It seems culturally disturbing to reward beauty for example but if beauty > reproduction is good why not beauty > wealth > reproduction? We already have greed > wealth > reproduction, intelligence > wealth > reproduction and inheritance > wealth > reproduction. Those seem just as lame upon close examination. You play chess for your life vs someone with 3 times the intellect? Or monopoly where the opponent starts with all the money and all the streets?
The phenotype is a confusing angle. We should do some honest objective conversation about it collectively. Do we want people to be their natural self or do we prefer it if one goes out of his way to become something? Do we genetically optimize for the biggest possible struggle or for the slacking? We seem to look at the flexibility as a positive quality but does it really make a healthy breeding stock?
As a human I have to constantly challenge myself mentally and physically or I decay pretty rapidly. I had a sick cat one time that slept on my sofa for 4 years only getting up to eat. Then one day another cat came into the house and she leaped 3 meters off the sofa and ran after it. If I sleep for 4 years I doubt there will be any walking, definitely no running, jumping is out of the question and getting into a fight is unimaginable. We might have really good brains and a good digestive system, the rest of the body could do with some updates.