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    Bad Founder DNA:

    - Predatory Aggressiveness
    - Excuse Making
    - Deceit
    - Emotional Instability
    - Narcissism

I see much more than I'd care for, of the above in the Bay Area, most of which manifests as a doppelganger of good qualities and/or ideas. There's a lot of Predatory Aggressiveness which takes the form of scoring points or humiliating others, deniably disguised or justified by some principle like "Just Say No," but which comes with a degree of smugness more suited to Reality TV than to a group of intellectuals genuinely trying to change society. This is often seen in combination with Narcissism and Deceit, where a self conception as a superior entitles someone to receive good fortune and to mete emotional abuse to others, and justifies (at first) small lies so long as they serve an ultimate "good" goal.

You see this happen with "scenes," like a music scene or an art scene. When a scene is new and truly obscure, everyone is genuinely open and supportive. Newcomers are welcomed and encouraged, as colleagues whom one can talk in common with about generally misunderstood ideas. When success and significant money starts to ramp up the competition, things change. Values change. Much of this isn't really "bad" so much as necessary: Fame and money invariably attract undesired attention.