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Ah, that's not how it works : CEOs are rich so they are successful. They are successful so they are rich. Q.E.D.
by utopiah 5mo ago
Ah, that's not how it works : CEOs are rich so they are successful. They are successful so they are rich. Q.E.D.
- hatefulheart 5mo agoMaybe in your fantasy world. In reality people are rarely rich based on merit alone. EDIT: Sorry it was a really clever joke.
- spacechild1 5mo agoI think you missed the joke.
- yulker 5mo agoIt's sarcasm, obviously.
- asdfasvea 5mo ago>>>EDIT: Sorry it was a really clever joke. I sincerely hope that was your attempt at sarcasm.
- raffael_de 5mo agoexactly my thought.
- aleph_minus_one 5mo ago> CEOs are rich so they are successful. "Successful" in which sense? The most reasonable definition "Successful in convincing other people to give them money" is rather a tautology. :-) A very related problem concerning your argument is well-known for decades: the Principal–agent problem: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principal%E2%80%93agent_problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principal%E2%80%93agent_proble... It says that the self-interest of an agent (e.g. the CEO) is not identical to the interests of the principal (e.g. the shareholders). Why do I mention this? The CEO being rich is a measurement of the financial success of the agent, but not of the principal. You are rather interested in measuring the success of the principal.
- utopiah 5mo agoAs you might see in other comments the tautology is the joke.