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>>goles+(OP)
There is this idea I see from jerks all the time, that being a jerk is about "the survival of the fittest", that their jerkiness is a strength that helps them succeed.

But humans didn't evolve to be the fittest organism through strength or individualism. We're in our position through social cohesion and cooperation.

The most successful people I've seen got there through cooperation, coalition building, and community development. Some jerks also succeed, and are used as examples of why being a jerk is necessary or easier, but it's fallacious to think every local jerk is following the footsteps of bezos or musk.

So the next time you find yourself thinking, "the best engineers are jerks, because it's a social Darwinian landscape", remember that the strategy that seems to be winning today is "strength through social cohesion".

>>yareal+dj
Problem is we need that as a species, but success is individual, and the playbook is not the same.