Re:We Need Better Assholes
by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday March 19, 2025 @10:23AM
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> Is it not possible to be like Steve Jobs and not be an asshole?
No. Nicely calling out stupidity works in small groups. But humour and ridicule are more viral, which dominates in large groups.
It's honestly interesting to contemplate to what extent Steve Jobs' death might have created the vacuum into which the Holmes, Bankman-Frieds and Musks of the world stepped.
No. Nicely calling out stupidity works in small groups. But humour and ridicule are more viral, which dominates in large groups.
It's honestly interesting to contemplate to what extent Steve Jobs' death might have created the vacuum into which the Holmes, Bankman-Frieds and Musks of the world stepped.