History is full of buffoons in positions of power. Right people around you (network) + mindless ambition (ie persistence) and you have a good shot. Others more

History is full of buffoons in positions of power. Right people around you (network) + mindless ambition (ie persistence) and you have a good shot. Others more competent cannot compete with that combo whatever they do. That said the theory of bounded rationality states chimps with 6 inch brains will blunder on any problem requiring 7 inch brains or 200 inch brains or 2 million inch brains. And since the chimp troupe has been wrangling with such problems ever since they started speaking blundering about in spectacular ways is the norm. The theory recommends focusing on simple problems when faced with complexity, but you know us chimps...we are too full of ourselves and ofcourse from birth we are trained to blame others even when we have no solutions. Overcoming those 2 issues is how we get to nirvana.