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by barry0079 2817 days ago
Nobody wants to be frank with the people above them.
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Alternatively, people get to the top in part because they where lucky, which makes them more optimistic than they should be.
There’s another mechanism which is too much optimism. Everyone is susceptible, not just the folks at the top.
That doesn't work out very well.