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A lot of intelligent people aren't very smart, and a lot of smart people aren't very intelligent. The smart achive desirable outcomes, and usually that means no

A lot of intelligent people aren't very smart, and a lot of smart people aren't very intelligent. The smart achive desirable outcomes, and usually that means not rocking the boat. The intelligent have a capacity for abstraction, which means it's easy to misunderstand why people are parroting absurdities. Where a good programmer is intelligent, a good product manager is smart. I was surprised he didn't include this Dalrymple quote, "propaganda was not to persuade or convince, not to inform, but to humiliate; and therefore, the less it corresponded to reality the better. When people are forced to remain silent when they are being told the most obvious lies, or even worse when they are forced to repeat the lies themselves, they lose once and for all their sense of probity. To assent to obvious lies is in some small way to become evil oneself. One's standing to resist anything is thus eroded, and even destroyed. A society of emasculated liars is easy to control." It captures the issue more succintly, but it would also have limited the reach of the article. I'm sure he's familiar with it, but the author was probably just being smart.

corporatenight 3y ago
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bloomingeek 3y ago
Great response! I always remind myself: information isn't the same as knowledge, knowledge isn't the same as wisdom. Lies have nothing to do with wisdom, integrity is destroyed by the actions of lies.
karmakaze 3y ago
The use of smart vs intelligent here is arbitrary though illustrates the difference. I've also seen the reverse: smart aleck/smart ass, too smart for their own good. I would say that being pragmatic captures the outcomes one. A good programmer and product manager are both, but with switched weightings as indicated.
- anonymouskimmer 3y ago
  > The use of smart vs intelligent here is arbitrary though illustrates the difference. Dungeons and Dragons insightfully divided these intelligences up into Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma.
Lammy 3y ago
Propaganda doesn’t necessarily mean lies. It’s anything that makes a recipient feel compelled to participate in the spread of that thing. Right in the name: propaganda, propagate.
Obscurity4340 3y ago
I really love this quote, it meshes well with the concept of authenticity and setting boundaries in the context of interpersonal relationships. I would like to add or counter the aspect about becoming evil with one becoming vacant and "requiring" substances to alter themselves sufficiently to perform to the dominant social playbook that is relevant to their context. It hits very close to home, if not entirely so Edit: I hesitate to furnish this example but this seems to be what's up with Melania Trump. Don't wanna get political but imagine the dissonance of someone who married purely for money and is ruthlessly valued purely for her value as a trophy and softening agent for her husband and is cheated on while she's fucking pregnant with the next son. She might have preferred that in function if not in form by which I mean maybe it only became humilisting when it broke the news but its no less a tacit proof of concept that Trump was bored and did not find her desirable anymore. I do not envy those who marry for money. The inevitable divorce is gonna suck when he leaves her with all the debt

corporatenight 3y ago

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bloomingeek 3y ago

Great response! I always remind myself: information isn't the same as knowledge, knowledge isn't the same as wisdom. Lies have nothing to do with wisdom, integrity is destroyed by the actions of lies.

karmakaze 3y ago

The use of smart vs intelligent here is arbitrary though illustrates the difference. I've also seen the reverse: smart aleck/smart ass, too smart for their own good. I would say that being pragmatic captures the outcomes one. A good programmer and product manager are both, but with switched weightings as indicated.

anonymouskimmer 3y ago
> The use of smart vs intelligent here is arbitrary though illustrates the difference. Dungeons and Dragons insightfully divided these intelligences up into Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma.

Lammy 3y ago

Propaganda doesn’t necessarily mean lies. It’s anything that makes a recipient feel compelled to participate in the spread of that thing. Right in the name: propaganda, propagate.

Obscurity4340 3y ago

I really love this quote, it meshes well with the concept of authenticity and setting boundaries in the context of interpersonal relationships. I would like to add or counter the aspect about becoming evil with one becoming vacant and "requiring" substances to alter themselves sufficiently to perform to the dominant social playbook that is relevant to their context. It hits very close to home, if not entirely so Edit: I hesitate to furnish this example but this seems to be what's up with Melania Trump. Don't wanna get political but imagine the dissonance of someone who married purely for money and is ruthlessly valued purely for her value as a trophy and softening agent for her husband and is cheated on while she's fucking pregnant with the next son. She might have preferred that in function if not in form by which I mean maybe it only became humilisting when it broke the news but its no less a tacit proof of concept that Trump was bored and did not find her desirable anymore. I do not envy those who marry for money. The inevitable divorce is gonna suck when he leaves her with all the debt