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Murtaza Hussain
@mazmhussain
A cultural trope I strongly reject is the Cult of Genius. In my life I have met perhaps one person who came close to being a true polymath, and even that person freely admitted they were ignorant about many things and only maintained high standards through an attitude of humility The fact is that no one is a genius when it comes to everything. In fact, most peoples intelligence is highly skewed in particular directions. There is a general deference towards the views in particular of people who are wealthy. Being wealthy is great and I encourage it, but it is not an ironclad guarantee that one is a general purpose expert on all matters. In fact – while sometimes it can help by giving one time to think and study – it can also become a trap if one is surrounded by professional flatterers terrified to point out blindspots. There are clearly many airheads in public discourse from all stations of life. Instead of worshipping genius we should encourage a conservative attitude of self-scrutiny and humility.
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Rando
@chasing-pointers
While I agree, I think a large portion of the current zeitgeist around this comes from tribalism vs substantive evaluation of ideas and actions. Bill Gates of Klauss Schwab, e.g. Most who love his asserted expertise into areas he knows no more about than you or I, derives not from people earnestly believing what either say, but instead in what they're saying matching preconceived opinions. Similar with even true experts like Krugman. Are you agreeing with him because his economics are sound, or because your tribe already thinks what he said?
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