What is the causal relationship between sociopaths and billionaires? Does becoming billionaire make you sociopathic, or do sociopaths have an easier time becoming billionaires?
None of those are solutions to the problem (assuming it even is a problem) pointed out by the comment that you replied to — sociopaths tend to be more effective at climbing hierarchies and convincing people to follow them.
As I’ve heard it said. It’s practically impossible to be a billionaire without being a sociopath. The sheer amount of exploitation required to make that kind of money is dumbfounding.
What is the causal relationship between sociopaths and billionaires? Does becoming billionaire make you sociopathic, or do sociopaths have an easier time becoming billionaires?
It’s very much the latter. Sociopathy in the C-suite occurs at twice to three times the prevalence in the general population.
We are living under a system that disproportionately rewards sociopathy, and so far I haven’t seen any credible systemic solutions.
There are many credible systemic solutions to this problem but over the past 40+ years those solutions have been watered down and killed off.
Things like:
I’m sure there are others
None of those are solutions to the problem (assuming it even is a problem) pointed out by the comment that you replied to — sociopaths tend to be more effective at climbing hierarchies and convincing people to follow them.
As I’ve heard it said. It’s practically impossible to be a billionaire without being a sociopath. The sheer amount of exploitation required to make that kind of money is dumbfounding.