Re:Do Not Mess with Scarlett Johansson
by paulryanrogers on Friday May 24, 2024 @01:47PM
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> But I would argue for most businesses a sociopath is what you need to operate in a market environment predicated on preying on the pocketbooks of the populace.
Allowing such a market to arise is a societal problem. Thankfully the future can still be changed, if we want to badly enough
It's the nature of things. One word: evolution!
Let's imagine a society where power grabs are checked. Then we have an unstable equilibrium. Lucky and shrewd persons can become able to evade the checks. It's a bit like immunity of bugs to poisons. Bugs that die off don't reproduce so the system is self-selecting to immune bugs.
It's a pity.
My experience, with one personal exception, is that deception and lies are the the hallmarks of a good CEO - good in the business sense. There is something about the kind of person that wants to be a CEO that attracts sociopaths. But I would argue for most businesses a sociopath is what you need to operate in a market environment predicated on preying on the pocketbooks of the populace.