one of the most depressing realizations you come to as an adult is that the skill set necessary to make a ton of money is in many cases entirely orthogonal or even opposed to the skill set you need to be good at something - ThreadSky

rincewind.run • 28 days ago

one of the most depressing realizations you come to as an adult is that the skill set necessary to make a ton of money is in many cases entirely orthogonal or even opposed to the skill set you need to be good at something

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i love that in addition to everything else, elon musk is the dumbest asshole on the planet

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dbcii.bsky.social•28 days ago

I feel worse for figuring that out because my parents pushed me so hard to a "real job" to make money instead of pursuing writing, which hasn't worked except to keep me too exhausted and stressed to write, and meanwhile both my industries (academia and libraries) are under fire.

vought.bsky.social•28 days ago

Tesla owners are mostly not this stupid. The tribalism though.

travellingmatt78.bsky.social•28 days ago

Or that in many cases making a lot of money means doing something that makes you miserable or violates your values

octavius32.bsky.social•28 days ago

It's one of the issue we have had over the last 14 years in the UK with politicians trying to run a government like a business. They fail to understand that they are fundamental different and knowledge and experience you have in one does not work in the other

gastropoda.bsky.social•28 days ago

Helps if you start with Daddy’s money. Meritocracy and all…

innerpeacematters.bsky.social•28 days ago

And a lot has to do with generational wealth and privilege.

ptxr.bsky.social•28 days ago

One of my most depressing realisations was that all the most powerful and influential people in every high position on earth are listening too and agreeing with all the nonsensical garbage you read online with no second thought

guyfleeg.bsky.social•28 days ago

Meritocracy is a bad joke.

tomstpatrick.bsky.social•28 days ago

Any economists on board here want to blow this up?

famousmortimer.bsky.social•28 days ago

like I've always said, success in business isn't based on what you *can* do, but what you're *willing to* do. and musk & trump are willing to do pretty much anything

rincewind.run•28 days ago

the most reliable way to make a lot of money is to have a flagrant disregard for the rules and an unrelenting ability to confidently bullshit your way through anything

the more you actually understand, the harder it is to tell lucrative lies that you know are wrong

rogieres.bsky.social•28 days ago

And once you've amassed enough wealth people will think you're some kind of genius and will keep throwing money at you no matter what.

joelhanes.bsky.social•28 days ago

In Elon's case, it helps to have inherited an emerald mine as your starting point.

More broadly, those with generational wealth tend to be able to do those things that will preserve and increase that wealth.

Bootstraps are a difficult path

sotsogm.bsky.social•28 days ago

Pretty much that and a starting stake that immunizes you against the consequences of all your risky, reckless, amoral, and stupid behavior.

Start wealthy, lack even a whit of common sense, and possess fewer moral scruples than the common housecat, and you will make a fortune.

shawnconnery.bsky.social•28 days ago

this is true especially in a corporate environment; the more you care the harder it is; those with superficial knowledge but a high tolerance for BS tend to do best

mattl1.bsky.social•28 days ago

bnr-keynes.bsky.social•28 days ago

unless youre a sociopath ofc

corollary: many/most/all of the ultrawealthy who are actually competent or talented in the field in which they made their fortunes are sociopaths

statsjew.bsky.social•28 days ago

This is why VC types *love* LLMs

rewhan.bsky.social•28 days ago

I could have been so rich if not for these pesky scruples

felipecarvalho.bsky.social•28 days ago

Yeah that is a tough pill, but entirely true, specially in today's "final stage capitalism" (supposedly)

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