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I love how, idk, 5000 years into civilization we, as a species, still can't consistently find ways to keep psychopaths from screwing the rest of us without them

I love how, idk, 5000 years into civilization we, as a species, still can't consistently find ways to keep psychopaths from screwing the rest of us without them getting enough resources to last the majority of people in a given society a lifetime.

rixed 2y ago
The more a position is competitive and the more likelly it is a psychopath will have it. Think of it this way: to be a piano teacher, you have to be good at piano and good at competing with other teachers. The hard part is becoming good at piano. The fact that there are other piano teachers in the vincinity does not really prevent anyone to establish himself as a new one. So, it's not very competitive. To be the CTO of a fortune 500 though, you must be good at whatever skill is needed of a CTO but you also have to fight hard against all others candidates. So the position is very competitive. If you reach it, it's mostly because you are good at competing for a rare position; it is secondary whether you are technicaly better or not. Psychopaths, because they feel no shame and no remorse, are much better than average at competing.
- lenerdenator 2y ago
  I wonder if you could solve that by having a lottery for all of the people who get a job as a part of a C-suite in, idk, the Fortune 500. Each year at random, one gets selected for having all of their earthly possessions removed from their control. Now, that's a population of over 1000 people, so your odds of becoming utterly destitute aren't high, but they're not zero.
akudha 2y ago
You gotta be willing to be an arsehole to some level at least, to reach upper levels of management. It is no surprise that most leaders in big companies are some levels of psychos. I don’t think someone like Mr.Rogers can run SAP, no matter how brilliant they are

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I love how, idk, 5000 years into civilization we, as a species, still can't consistently find ways to keep psychopaths from screwing the rest of us without them

by lenerdenator 2y ago

rixed 2y ago
The more a position is competitive and the more likelly it is a psychopath will have it. Think of it this way: to be a piano teacher, you have to be good at piano and good at competing with other teachers. The hard part is becoming good at piano. The fact that there are other piano teachers in the vincinity does not really prevent anyone to establish himself as a new one. So, it's not very competitive. To be the CTO of a fortune 500 though, you must be good at whatever skill is needed of a CTO but you also have to fight hard against all others candidates. So the position is very competitive. If you reach it, it's mostly because you are good at competing for a rare position; it is secondary whether you are technicaly better or not. Psychopaths, because they feel no shame and no remorse, are much better than average at competing.
- lenerdenator 2y ago
  I wonder if you could solve that by having a lottery for all of the people who get a job as a part of a C-suite in, idk, the Fortune 500. Each year at random, one gets selected for having all of their earthly possessions removed from their control. Now, that's a population of over 1000 people, so your odds of becoming utterly destitute aren't high, but they're not zero.
akudha 2y ago
You gotta be willing to be an arsehole to some level at least, to reach upper levels of management. It is no surprise that most leaders in big companies are some levels of psychos. I don’t think someone like Mr.Rogers can run SAP, no matter how brilliant they are