Entrepreneurs don’t have a gene for risk – they come from families with money

Re:Entrepreneurs don’t have a gene for risk – they come from... by webjprgm on Tuesday September 01, 2015 @03:01PM (#10154867)

To be honest, I only want to be ruled my a meritocracy if I can define myself as the most intelligent person in the world. (Or, in the upper 10% or something). A true meritocracy scares me. And this from a guy who was in the upper 10% of my high school (upper 4%). But I've seen much more brilliant people out there.

So who honestly wants a meritocracy either?

Another option would be that whoever works hard is taken care of. That sounds like the 1950s corporate job with a pension. It may be less exciting and sounds like it would produce less motive for innovation, but it is also less scary and a bit more fair than rewards to the affluent risk takers.

I have no idea how to get the best of all systems. So I make do in this one. I'm just pointing out that no system (known to man) is perfect.

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Re:Entrepreneurs don’t have a gene for risk – they come from... by mikeash on Tuesday September 01, 2015 @03:34PM (#10155093)

I'd be frightened to see the world run by people like me, but I'd love to see the world run by the best of the best, as long as we can somehow select for morality as well as intelligence.

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Re:Entrepreneurs don’t have a gene for risk – they come from... by CapitalistCartr on Tuesday September 01, 2015 @04:06PM (#10155315)

Wisdom, integrity, and respect are far more important than intelligence in making a good leader.

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