Stupid Baby Boomers

[Adam Strange]

Do you surround yourself with people you think are below average?


You know what they say, "in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king". Throw on a crown and you are all set.

No, I try to surround myself with the highest quality people I can find. It's hard enough to get through the day without any help, so the better the help I can get, the better the output.

Two things.

One, many people believe that if they hire someone smarter than they are, that person will take over. Personality theory disproves that, but a lot of people believe it. That's why A people hire A people and B people hire C people.

Two, not everyone wants to be king. Some people just want to get something accomplished.

I'm actually surrounded by people from all quadras, but Gamma is over-represented. It's a natural thing to want to spend more time with people you like and understand, but it's not the best strategy in the long run. People from other quadras can cover bases that you didn't even realize were there. But most of the people I spend time with tend to be smart. It's just better for getting things done.

Even the SEE that I'm saying "Hi" to at lunch is smart, even though she thinks that Astrology works by gravity and Asparagus makes your pee smell bad because of chlorophyll. You can see in her eyes that she's smart about things that I don't have a clue about.

[Aylen]

No, I try to surround myself with the highest quality people I can find. It's hard enough to get through the day without any help, so the better the help I can get, the better the output.

Two things.

One, many people believe that if they hire someone smarter than they are, that person will take over. Personality theory disproves that, but lots of people believe it. That's why A people hire A people and B people hire C people.

Two, not everyone wants to be king. Some people just want to get something accomplished.

I'm actually surrounded by people from all quadras, but Gamma is over-represented. It's a natural thing to want to spend more time with people you like and understand, but it's not the best strategy in the long run. People from other quadras can cover bases that you didn't even realize were there. But most of the people I spend time with tend to be smart. It's just better for getting things done.

I was teasing you Adam. I didn't mean for you to take "king" or the rest of my response so literal.

If I hire someone to do a specific job I obviously want them to be smarter or, at the very least, better at it than me.

Remember, you were the one who claimed that most with an IQ over 100 didn't know what they were doing. That was why I teased you over it.

[Adam Strange]

I was teasing you Adam. I didn't mean for you to take "king" or the rest of my response so literal.

If I hire someone to do a specific job I obviously want them to be smarter or, at the very least, better at it than me.

Remember, you were the one who claimed that most with an IQ over 100 didn't know what they were doing. That was why I teased you over it.

OK, @Aylen, sorry to have misunderstood.

Actually, most people do know what they are doing in certain given areas, no matter their IQ. But people with high IQ's are particularly susceptible to thinking that they could be experts in all areas, and that is far from the case.

I believed that I could do anything well for a long time, and then I re-tiled my bathtub because, how hard can that be? Well, I found out. It looked perfect for two days, and then the grout discolored and eventually the tiles started falling off the wall.

[Aylen]

OK, @Aylen, sorry to have misunderstood.

Actually, most people do know what they are doing in certain given areas, no matter their IQ. But people with high IQ's are particularly susceptible to thinking that they could be experts in all areas, and that is far from the case.

I believed that I could do anything well for a long time, and then I re-tiled my bathtub because, how hard can that be? Well, I found out. It looked perfect for two days, and then the grout discolored and eventually the tiles started falling off the wall.

[MrsTortilla]

OK, @Aylen, sorry to have misunderstood.

Actually, most people do know what they are doing in certain given areas, no matter their IQ. But people with high IQ's are particularly susceptible to thinking that they could be experts in all areas, and that is far from the case.

I believed that I could do anything well for a long time, and then I re-tiled my bathtub because, how hard can that be? Well, I found out. It looked perfect for two days, and then the grout discolored and eventually the tiles started falling off the wall.

To be fair to yourself Adam, you just didn’t have enough experience there.

[ouronis]

No, I try to surround myself with the highest quality people I can find. It's hard enough to get through the day without any help, so the better the help I can get, the better the output.

Two things.

One, many people believe that if they hire someone smarter than they are, that person will take over. Personality theory disproves that, but a lot of people believe it. That's why A people hire A people and B people hire C people.

Two, not everyone wants to be king. Some people just want to get something accomplished.

I'm actually surrounded by people from all quadras, but Gamma is over-represented. It's a natural thing to want to spend more time with people you like and understand, but it's not the best strategy in the long run. People from other quadras can cover bases that you didn't even realize were there. But most of the people I spend time with tend to be smart. It's just better for getting things done.

Even the SEE that I'm saying "Hi" to at lunch is smart, even though she thinks that Astrology works by gravity and Asparagus makes your pee smell bad because of chlorophyll. You can see in her eyes that she's smart about things that I don't have a clue about.

What the fuck are the B people supposed to do

[Adam Strange]

What the fuck are the B people supposed to do

The B people should hire A people. But they don’t, because they are B people and feel it is more important to not have potential competition than it is to have the best organization.

[Metamorph]

The B people should hire A people. But they don’t, because they are B people and feel it is more important to not have potential competition than it is to have the best organization.

So A, B, and C just means first, second, and third quality for innate personality? I've never heard of this theory but I assumed it was type A, B, and C like As are anal and Bs are banal and Cs are canal or something. Yeah, equality of rank is good but capitalism depends on middle-managers as far as I can tell which is one of the problems with it.

[Adam Strange]

So A, B, and C just means first, second, and third quality for innate personality? I've never heard of this theory but I assumed it was type A, B, and C like As are anal and Bs are banal and Cs are canal or something. Yeah, equality of rank is good but capitalism depends on middle-managers as far as I can tell which is one of the problems with it.

I was using A, B, and C to refer to different levels of constructive behavior.

In this case, A people would be fairly healthy and would not be afraid to hire people who are more talented than they are because they place the welfare of the group over their own welfare.

B people would never hire anyone who was talented enough to displace them or who might place the welfare of the group over loyalty to their boss.

C people have no plan whatsoever. They are just putting in their time in exchange for some money.

Now for the test: Which one of these describes our present President?

[ouronis]

The B people should hire A people. But they don’t, because they are B people and feel it is more important to not have potential competition than it is to have the best organization.

Who hires the Bs? As who can't tell they're Bs? Ah never mind, this is a stupid joke

[Adam Strange]

Who hires the Bs? As who can't tell they're Bs? Ah never mind, this is a stupid joke

A very good question, @ouronis.

I’d say, people hire B’s when they don’t know what they are doing. Or even which game they are playing.

[ouronis]

A very good question, @ouronis.

I’d say, people hire B’s when they don’t know what they are doing. Or even which game they are playing.

So Cs hire Bs. Actually makes sense from my experience