--- Robert Seeberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > In regards to CEOs voting republican, perhaps they > just know where their > bread is buttered. > > I doubt Jack Welch could do my job. > Your job maybe, but not Eriks or Dans. > CEOs are not superior versions of mainline humans, > they are simply > specialists performing a specific function. > And outside of their specialty, they are incompetent > in the same way any > other human would be. > > xponent > Not Impressed By Elitist Type Arguments Maru > rob
It's not really an elitist type argument. I remember Michael Wilbon writing about Michael Jordan that what made watching him truly special was that he was better at what he did than anyone else in the world was at what they did. I don't know that was really the case - although given how great Jordan was, I'm not willing to reject it out of hand. What we're talking about here is relative skill level. The question is, is someone who is good enough to get to where they are likely to be really, really good at what they do? Again, look at professional baseball players. To play in the major leagues you have to be one of the ~1000 best baseball players _in the world_. And there are tens of millions of people who have at least, at some point in their lives, tried to play baseball. So out of all of those tens of millions of people, MLB players are in the top _1000_. That's incredibly good. Now, outside of baseball, are they likely to be any better at anything (non-athletic) than you or I? No, of course not. But to be one of the top, what, one-hundredth of one percent of the people who engage in an activity - think about how gifted you have to be to reach that level. On the whole, I have noticed, people don't appreciate that sort of skill level outside of their own profession. They look at baseball players and think that looks easy. Or see the mistake made by a CEO and think any idiot would have known not to do that. But I don't think so - not even close. ===== Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Freedom is not free" http://www.mukunda.blogspot.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
