Let's face it: in this (capitalist) world, cutthroat assholes get ahead. Bill Gates, Larry Ellison, Steve Ballmer, Rupert Murdoch--the same story could have bee

Let's face it: in this (capitalist) world, cutthroat assholes get ahead. Bill Gates, Larry Ellison, Steve Ballmer, Rupert Murdoch--the same story could have been written about any of them. I'm not saying it's necessary to lie, cheat, and stab one's friends in the back in order to become filthy rich, because there do seem to be some very principled billionaires (I'm thinking of Larry & Sergey, Warren Buffet, Pierre Omidyar). But it certainly seems to help.