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Living the quiet life in Devon. Wave rider and beach lover.
Gary Neville using his world Cup platform to call out the 'leaders' of this country for not paying nurses a fair wage after standing clapping them on doorsteps is a beautiful thing.
@twodoubles there's a shout!
@twodoubles Their version of baileys is immense.

If you want to understand #ElonMusk, you have to understand the Myth of the Secret Genius.

He's part of a group of people who are rich partly because they convince others that they are secret geniuses.

Many still falsely believe we live in a meritocratic society, in which riches are purely a marker of talent rather than of luck or generational wealth.

Sometimes, the emperor just has no clothes. I explain here: https://open.substack.com/pub/brianklaas/p/the-myth-of-the-secret-genius?r=1maga&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

#Twitter #Narcissism #Politics #Musk

The Myth of the Secret Genius

From Elon Musk to Elizabeth Holmes and Donald Trump, many very rich people are effective at convincing us of a myth: they're secretly a genius, and you're just too dumb to understand. Are they right?

The Garden of Forking Paths
@brianmoore666 not fit for purpose anymore that channel
@[email protected] if their expenses are curbed and performance related. It is one of few careers where there are no compulsory hours, no necessary qualifications and no continuing education requirements - and still no shortage of applicants.
People who make their mind up about something, without having actual and factual knowledge on whatever it is truly baffle me.
@simplycornwall I do too. One of my favourites excluding July and August!
@brianmoore666 they'd be skint! How about competence being an actual requirement, like it is for every other job.
@medievalnicbean enjoyed getting into it a bit on here today. Find it liberating