[tavavex]

Their behaviors feel so detached and alien to me. Here are my hypotheses:

- They love AI and are so self-absorbed that they struggle to think of other people's perspectives. They only view it through their own lens and are oblivious to it. So, to them, others' opinions should mirror theirs, which is why it doesn't register for them.

- They know of the impacts their ideas will have, but think that the positives will somehow eventually trickle down to the commoners and the negatives will be minimized or only affect people that 'deserve it'.

- They genuinely despise young people and this is just a socially acceptable way of expressing their hatred - they understand everything.

Which one of the three do you think it is? Or are there other reasons?

[markus_zhang]

It’s just a completely different class + being an exec requires certain personal traits. These two combine to whatever we see nowadays. You can call it detachments or whatever, but to be a successful exec you basically have to be a big asshole and a giant owbua.

Basically they believe whatever they did is righteous in a religious way, and how can you not see it? These types of thoughts.

There is no middle ground.

[ramesh31]

>Their behaviors feel so detached and alien to me.

Because they are. Extreme wealth is literally a brain disease. It is physically impossible to remain a normal empathetic human being with that level of detachment from reality. Back when things were 10x, or 100x difference, there was still some amount of reality that just couldn't be abstracted away from you having to deal with. But the modern day reality of >1000x disparity has completely removed that, and they are more or less living as demigods to us in comparison.

[ryandrake]

If I had to guess, I'd say it's a non-zero, but double-digit percentage of each of those, depending on the person.

[mbfg]

you could have stopped with AI makes them rich. Why cares about anyone else.

[tavavex]

But it's not that simple. The point I'm making is that their reaction to making money also feels very inhuman.

Suppose your comapny just won a key contract, putting your competitors out of business. Would you go to stand on a stage in front of the other business, gleefully talking about how your victory will upset the industry? How it's a sign of the changing times, but a blessing in disguise because those employees get a chance to move to another career, or practice valuable budgeting and social skills in the line to the food bank?

[CPLX]

Yeah, they're fucking sociopaths. We have enough history at this point. The results are in. The verdict is clear.