If you asked me in my 20s if I admired Steve Jobs or Bill Gates I would have scoffed.
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If you asked me in my 20s if I admired Steve Jobs or Bill Gates I would have scoffed. But, back then I thought there was something there more than luck, privilege and vision ruthlessness. Sure I didn't believe in magical mercurial auteurs, a handful of remarkable individuals who shaped all of human culture and invention.
But, I did think that men in those positions had to be smarter than the average bear. A little more driven. Lucky. And... LOL "good with people."
How cynical I have become!
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If you asked me in my 20s if I admired Steve Jobs or Bill Gates I would have scoffed. But, back then I thought there was something there more than luck, privilege and vision ruthlessness. Sure I didn't believe in magical mercurial auteurs, a handful of remarkable individuals who shaped all of human culture and invention.
But, I did think that men in those positions had to be smarter than the average bear. A little more driven. Lucky. And... LOL "good with people."
How cynical I have become!
A lot of stage dressing and effort has gone into the institutions, traditions, and stories that focus admiration on the wealthy.
But, I always thought at least some of it was organic, to their own credit. Not all of it, not even most of it, but some.
I really don't know about that at all anymore. There are levels of wealth that now just make me assume people are, well, criminals. Avoid at all costs.
I don't think this shift in perception is personal, I think it's a wider trend.
