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My personal theory is that it is ultimately the same reason you see things like software engineers blindly using the same tech stacks, because most people, most of the time, aren't working off first principles.

They're just trying to get the job done and copying your partner's homework can save time, even if your partner didn't get the right answer or also just copied their partner.

CEOs, on average, don't know what they're doing any more than anyone in most other professions. They just happen to be born part of the ruling class.