Flutterby™! : The attack on competence

The attack on competence

2026-06-04 22:12:24.997489+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

I'll just use the same excerpts as ‪Elf M. Sternberg‬ ‪@elfsternberg.bsky.social‬, although I think Elf isn't quoting accurately, but is capturing the sense:

"The investor class is in a bind. Cunning is not the same as smart. But today's tech world, being seen as smart is essential to their legitimacy... Competence is a threat to the illusion of legitimacy ... if any engineer can tell a CEO he's full of shit."

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