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- That smart people manage to find their ways into positions of wealth and power, doesn't necessarily imply that you need to be smart to occupy those positions
by bo1024 4y ago
- That smart people manage to find their ways into positions of wealth and power, doesn't necessarily imply that you need to be smart to occupy those positions effectively. In other words, they might be wasting their brains on those positions, as compared to being a scientist or engineer or something.
- When it comes to the qualities mentioned - deep, quick, vibrant, etc. - I feel people overestimate how innate these qualities must be, versus learned or developed in an environment.
- yamtaddle 4y ago> - When it comes to the qualities mentioned - deep, quick, vibrant, etc. - I feel people overestimate how innate these qualities must be, versus learned or developed in an environment. I'm sure it's far from the only way it happens, but I've noticed a type, and my suspicion is it's largely attributable to small-class discussion-heavy (possible because of the small class sizes) prep schools. I'm sure some of it's the quality of the material those schools are working with, if you will, but I think that kind of an education also tends to build exactly that kind of ability to seem commanding and sharp in social situations.