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It's been said that some CEO's are sociopaths.He almost sounds mentally unbalanced - not that takes any culpability from him.
It's been said that some CEO's are sociopaths.He almost sounds mentally unbalanced - not that takes any culpability from him.
Yes, Jon Ronson’s book ‘The Psychopath Test’ is a good read. Having worked closely with several CEOs, I tend to agree…It's been said that some CEO's are sociopaths.
Can't help but wonder what his last thoughts were, if he had time to have any.Yes, Jon Ronson’s book ‘The Psychopath Test’ is a good read. Having worked closely with several CEOs, I tend to agree…
IMO Stockton was so chock full of hubris, and singularly goal-orientated, that the end would always justify the means.
Not suicidal at all….but a raging narcissist who truly believed he was smarter than everyone else i.e. so intrinsically superior that his ‘gut-feel’ would override any contrary evidence
Any last thoughts? I would guess that he was pissed that someone else screwed it up.Can't help but wonder what his last thoughts were, if he had time to have any.
Some people just have a very high level of risk tolerance. Some occupations/activities require one to take one's life in one's own hands: test pilot, race car driver, mountain climber, commercial diver, etc.I will never understand why he would not only take innocent passengers on this dangerous tin can, but did he not fear for himself?
It seems almost suicidal. Jmo
Some people just have a very high level of risk tolerance. Some occupations/activities require one to take one's life in one's own hands: test pilot, race car driver, mountain climber, commercial diver, etc.
That's not the issue. The problem with Rush is that he minimized the risks. Taking passengers underwater in an untested and unregulated hull was putting lives in jeopardy. But if he admitted the danger then he'd have to accept that the company he'd spent the last fifteen years building was fatally flawed.
Yes, Jon Ronson’s book ‘The Psychopath Test’ is a good read. Having worked closely with several CEOs, I tend to agree…
IMO Stockton was so chock full of hubris, and singularly goal-orientated, that the end would always justify the means.
Not suicidal at all….but a raging narcissist who truly believed he was smarter than everyone else i.e. so intrinsically superior that his ‘gut-feel’ would override any contrary evidence
Personally, I think it was narcissistic tunnel vision. He was so full of himself, his "success", his optimism and faith in his own personal toy submarine was infectious to other people, looking for a unique experience.
I have no doubt that any previous safety issues or flaws/risks were minimized, and anyone who interfered with the "vision" was shut down and out of the project.
I have been around people like this. They are charismatic, and full of vision. It is easy to get swept up in the excitement. Been there, done it. Watching "Mosquito Coast" is an excellent example.
Zealot-I fail to find the word for it, but it is something that the revolutionaries had. First, one has to subscribe to an idea, an own one or borrowed from someone else. doesn’t matter. Simply, the idea is “too good not to be true.” And then, tunnel vision develops, and total obsession. People around are split into the ones who are “pro” the idea or “against” it (these are the enemies, met with intense anger). This idea is shoved into people’s throats, “for their own good, they’ll see it”. Such idealists are not above lying or juggling numbers and data to prove that the idea is right. Usually it ends in human causalities, and depending on the idea, the toll varies greatly.
Having read through articles, I think it is a case of “overvalued ideation”. In this case, with engineering innovation. It is not a delusion, as the initial idea was reality-based, only it became unrealistic.
“ Overvalued ideation is an abnormally strong, single belief that dominates a person's thinking and behavior but is not delusional. These ideas may have some basis in reality but are held with such intense conviction that they interfere with daily life and are resistant to challenge, differing from obsessions because the individual doesn't try to fight them.”