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Ivy Leaguers are trained, often from birth, that they are better than the rest of us plebs because of their “merit” and represent a superhuman caste. This guy w
by laidoffamazon 2y ago
Ivy Leaguers are trained, often from birth, that they are better than the rest of us plebs because of their “merit” and represent a superhuman caste. This guy was most likely the same way.
If you’re told that you’re a superhuman, then why not think you can get away with it?
- hnbad 2y agoOh, it's not just Ivy League although of course that usually comes with a background of privilege and prestige that further compounds on this tendency. STEM people in general heavily demonstrate this tendency. MBA types too, although they tend to think the solution always comes down to treating everything as a business or privatization.
- robertlagrant 2y agoThis is a good overview of some of your biases, but I don't think it generalises to reality.
- hnbad 2y agoYou're aware that zingy one-liners only make for good conversation on the screen, not real life, right?
- quonn 2y ago> MBA types too, although they tend to think the solution always comes down to treating everything as a market or something to be solved with a market mechanism
- nickserv 2y agoIntelligent people are not any less likely to be delusional than anyone. They are however, much better at convincing themselves and others of their delusions. People that have logic training such as lawyers and engineers even more so.
- goatlover 2y agoMichael Shermer's book Why Smart People Believe Weird Things.