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It seems as if compassion and empathy are orthogonal to brilliance. I hear enough stories that fall on both ends of the spectrum (tech founders appear to lean a
by smugma 4y ago
It seems as if compassion and empathy are orthogonal to brilliance. I hear enough stories that fall on both ends of the spectrum (tech founders appear to lean asshole, but amongst Nobel prize winners, I feel it's more balanced) that I don't think there's any correlation between the two.
- gumby 4y ago> I hear enough stories that fall on both ends of the spectrum (... amongst Nobel prize winners, I feel it's more balanced) I think that if you have a gong like that you can relax some of your insecurities. The only nobelists (& equivalent) I have known* have all been supportive in person, though some of them did not have a reputation for it. The reason I put "can" in italics is that there's no guarantee: some people are simply jerks and for some people a great honor will simply increase their impostor syndrome. * don't get the wrong idea: I'm not talking about a huge number.
- smugma 4y agoI take it back. I don’t know any Nobel winners directly but know a few one degree of separation out (Physics, Econ, and two Biology), and the people I know who worked with them all said good things about them. However, go down a notch to just professors and there was a lot more ego and maybe more drive than curiosity. Politics likely more intense than in corporate world and egos just as large, but maybe fewer assholes?