This is the problem with equating billions with brilliance. It feeds into the myth of meritocracy and makes it seem like billionaires are better at everything than everyone. Which creates the perception that they deserve all the power and wealth.
Reposted from Sarah Posner
"It’s a familiar Silicon Valley mindset, the reason startups are forever reinventing a bus, or a bodega, or mail. It’s the implacable confidence that if you’re smart at one thing you must be smart at all of the things."

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