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Our overlords are selecting for risk tolerance in leadership moreso than smarts.
by arrosenberg 2y ago
Our 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.