On Thu, Feb 5, 2026, 12:37 AM Venkatesh Hariharan via Silklist < [email protected]> wrote:
> > > On Thu, Feb 5, 2026 at 12:18 PM Udhay Shankar N via Silklist < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> The state of the world, and especially the Esptein files cesspool, has me >> thinking of _Altered carbon_ (the book, not the TV show). In my reading, >> the core point of the book is "past a certain level of wealth, you're not >> really human any more". >> >> The key reasons: >> >> * Access to wealth, opportunities, networks and bodily modifications far >> beyond what anyone at a lower socio-economic stratum can access. So much so >> that you're not really comparable any more. >> * Inability to perceive other people as even being of the same species, >> but only as exploitable resources. >> >> Thoughts? >> >> Udhay >> >> > It seems to me that many "successful" folks become so because of their IQ. > Once success goes to their heads, their EQ becomes inversely proportional > to their IQ. Or, perhaps, they never had much EQ in the first place. The > number of High IQ/Low EQ folks that are in leadership positions is perhaps > the biggest causal factor for the sad state of world affairs. My highest > respect is now reserved for the rare breed of folks who are High IQ/High > EQ. As for the High IQ/Low EQ folks, they have a certain stink of > arrogance. Once you learn to detect them, it becomes easy to avoid them! > How did we become such a low EQ society? > Since Udhay started this thread talking about Epstein.... Looking at the network Epstein built (collecting interesting people in his own way), and the facility with which he communicated with his circle, I don't get the impression that he was weak in his EQ. In fact, he seems to have been highly aware of the emotional buttons of his circle and how to manipulate them. Thaths >
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