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> Among my acquaintances, I honestly don't know a single person who idolizes these tech leaders. I've talked to people that think Steve Jobs and Elon Musk are

• atoav 3y ago
  Met that type as well, but the admiration (some would call it boot-licking) is just an expression of their desire to also be in that position themselves. Sometimes I wonder if such people just lack the imagination needed to see how little being in their spot would actually give them. Figures like those got who they are based on a mixture of inherited wealth, luck and a certain, probably sociopathic drive that they are inable to guard against. But crucially: happy people they are not. Just watching Elon Musk — the richest guy on earth — being less in control of his life and less secure in who he is, than me, a a former art student, is truly something to marvel at. Leading a good life is truly an art in itself, and people on a power trip are extremely rare to be good at it.