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I think we'd move toward media literacy and mass critical thinking skills a lot faster if we could undermine the human impulse to create visionary geniuses out of thin air and acting ability.
This ranges from young people who think their singer/songwriter heroes are breakthrough philosophers, to the recent fanboydom around Elon Musk.
It also gave us Harvey Weinstein, Ken Lay & Jeffrey Skilling, Elizabeth Holmes, and scores of other people who were the subjects of adulatory crap in the press.
Just the simple recognition that CEOs have
the same hours in a week that other people have, so the notion they are really steering the company like it's some sort of outboard motorboat is nonsense, would go a long way.
Sure, they can make good decisions or bad decisions that affect the company, but Musk just gave a great demo of how far the industry disruptor myth takes you.