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Mastodon Migration

@Loukas @aral Guess that's it. Look at Trump. But this feels different, more of a rapid decline.

24 Jul 2023 at 8:02 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mastodon.online
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Hobson Lane

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It just becomes publicly apparent quickly. Erratic behavior rewarded over a lifetime is a long slow decline that afflicts those whose lucky steak goes on too long. Within SpaceX he had to have a babysitter to prevent him from losing billions (Gwynne Shotwell). At Paypal and Tesla his competition was so sclerotic and monopolistic they left him a green field of opportunity. A deranged bluffer at poker looks like a genius if they keep winning... until they don't.
@Loukas @aral

24 Jul 2023 at 8:14 | Open on mstdn.social
Mastodon Migration

@hobs @Loukas @aral That makes sense. Though also perhaps starting to lose can hasten the unraveling.

24 Jul 2023 at 8:16 | Open on mastodon.online
Loukas Christodoulou

@mastodonmigration @hobs @aral I suspect that because he's from intergenerational wealth he has more cultural and social support structures around him than Kanye, so we won't ever see a similar total meltdown, but it does seem to be getting worse.

24 Jul 2023 at 8:18 | Open on mastodon.nu
Mania Emma

@Loukas @mastodonmigration @hobs @aral fortunes usually collapse at the third generation…

24 Jul 2023 at 10:04 | Open on piaille.fr
Hobson Lane

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"They call this feeling the testosterone high, because when a man is successful in his endeavors, his body floods with this potent hormone. They warn against the effects of testosterone. Testosterone makes men too aggressive, they say, and aggressive men grasp for success and generate ever more testosterone the more successful they become. It is a nasty cycle."
_Neverness_ by David Zindell
Ch 6 "The Image of Man"
#bookstodon #SciFi #quote #psychology #hormones
@Loukas @aral

24 Jul 2023 at 10:07 | Open on mstdn.social
Leif
Artax

@mastodonmigration @Loukas @aral nobody remembers "pedo guy" or what? It's not recent.

24 Jul 2023 at 10:21 | Open on mastodon.social
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