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I think part of the issue is also that our culture lacks a belief in Nobless Oblige. We're told from a young age that good people don't aspire to have power ove
by suoduandao3 3y ago
I think part of the issue is also that our culture lacks a belief in Nobless Oblige. We're told from a young age that good people don't aspire to have power over others, but of course, that doesn't affect the need for the position, just the kind of people who aim to fill them. I wonder whether this relates to Thiel's observation that a disproportionate number of founder-CEOs have autism and what this might say about the messages we're putting out there about that kind of leadership.
- ianai 3y agoIt was called trickle down economics and it failed.
- harimau777 3y agoFor what it's worth, Nobless Oblige is the idea that people with power (originally nobility but we could probably extend it to people like wealthy industrialists) have an obligation to behave with nobility; in this context to help those less fortunate. It's sort of the opposite of trickle down economics in that trickle down said that the wealthy shouldn't be expected to directly work for the good of society because the wealth that they attain will trickle down and contribute to the good of society on its own.
- suoduandao3 3y agoOne might say it was rebranded as trickle down economics. Given the 'nanny state' that exists in London where there still is a culture of nobless oblige there might be an argument for benign neglect from the well-off. Of course, the ideal is a balance between the two extremes.