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Oh my wording was bad I did mean that he has self awareness, and that self awareness matters little compared with the power held There’s nothing necessary abou
by wahnfrieden 4y ago
Oh my wording was bad I did mean that he has self awareness, and that self awareness matters little compared with the power held
There’s nothing necessary about subjecting people to boss-control and even if he knows that, it’s more favorable to him personally. It’s a myth that doesn’t fit the evidence that it’s the only way to productively structure society/orgs at scale
- leobg 4y agoHm. Not sure I understand. Can you elaborate? I remember Graeber making the point that some of the indigenous cultures of North America differed from us in that wealth did never mean power over other people. Whereas, in our society, many people seek wealth precisely as a means to that end. That’s what your quote reminded me of, and it seems to me that Elon Musk, even though he’s the richest person on earth, actually cares surprisingly little about power over people, and that that’s a thing many people don’t “get” about him.
- wahnfrieden 4y agosorry tapping out of this thread but the short of it is that I think people act to serve their own class interests and that that trumps whatever one might know about anthropology