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> I realized that he is not as smart as he thinks he is This applies to the vast majority of startup CEOs in the tech industry.
by lenerdenator 2y ago
> I realized that he is not as smart as he thinks he is
This applies to the vast majority of startup CEOs in the tech industry.
- arrosenberg 2y agoOur overlords are selecting for risk tolerance in leadership moreso than smarts.
- lenerdenator 2y agoI wouldn't even call it "risk tolerance". Assuming that they weren't complete idiots with the money - which, admittedly, is quite an assumption at times - the backing of a SV VC should theoretically set up a person for a comfortable living for quite a while, regardless of the success of the venture itself. Psychopathy - the willingness to see humans as little more than what they can give you in your quest for self-fulfillment - is a far better measure for this kind of work.
- swiftcoder 2y agoI'm not sure these CEOs are assuming any personal risk in most cases. Altman's most recent venture before OpenAI took off was overseeing a failed cryptocurrency. Adam Neumann walked away from the steaming wreckage of WeWork still worth a billion or three. These guys are teflon...
- lenerdenator 2y agoThe point of a corporation is to make you teflon.
- saghm 2y agoI'm not sure _anyone_ is as smart as most of them seem to think they are, if we're measuring by how much their success should be attributed to their intelligence compared to other factors.
- ryandrake 2y agoThe Gell-Mann Amnesia effect[1] isn't just about newspapers getting subjects wrong, it can apply to CEOs, too. When you are an expert in some topic and you hear a CEO talk about it and get everything wrong, you should also consider that the CEO is likely wrong about other topics, too. 1: https://www.epsilontheory.com/gell-mann-amnesia/ https://www.epsilontheory.com/gell-mann-amnesia/