#1 - The people in charge
Let's face it folks, the worlds getting stupider at an alarming rate. GBAtemp is starting to become a good cross section. Who and what do I blame? Lot's of things! Today I'll rant on about "the people in charge" of important parts of society. From presidents and prime ministers all the way down to bosses.
I know there have always been stupid people, it's a fact of life. It's different now though. Nobody seems to have any common sense any more, people are actually being praised for being dumb. I think it mostly started about 20 years ago. Back then the average Joe Bloggs was alot smarter then he is today. Bosses, while being a total pain in the arse did actually know what they were doing roughly. They still needed underlings to help them out but they could do the job and do it pretty well.
Then people started getting really worried about their positions. Layoffs, sackings and high unemployment were abound in the UK in the late 80's so the people in charage with their nice salaries and reasonably comfy jobs started to get worried that their heads would be on the chopping block next. THAT'S when the world starting getting stupider.
The people in charge needed to solidify their positions, so anyone who was smart enough to threaten their comfy zone had to be gotten rid of and be replaced by people half as smart as the one in charge. This made them look great, and helped to make sure that nobody could oust them.
In turn when they were promoted they would then worry about what happens if the person who get's promoted is smarter or more talented, so once again they would make sure that the dimmest of sparks got promoted into their old position. The new person with the position of power then realized "Damn if I'm not dumb, what'll I do if people find out?"
The simple solution, get rid of the one's smarter than them. They're in the perfect position to know who's more talented, smarter and what have you because they've just been promoted from that very pool. Once that's done they feel safe. It doesn't matter that nobody has a clue what they're doing, it's all good as long as they feel safe.
Then as people leave, move on or whatever the one's in fear for their position because, well, they're just plain dumb can then start to populate their place with non-threatening slightly stupid people. As time progresses they get their promotion and again pick the dimmest spark of the bunch. Job safe but the worlds a little dumber. This carries on exponentially over the years leading us up to, well, now.
Think of those old Russian style dolls that fit into each other, except based upon stupidity instead of size. That's one of the reasons I think the world is growning dumber at an alarming rate.
Let's face it folks, the worlds getting stupider at an alarming rate. GBAtemp is starting to become a good cross section. Who and what do I blame? Lot's of things! Today I'll rant on about "the people in charge" of important parts of society. From presidents and prime ministers all the way down to bosses.
I know there have always been stupid people, it's a fact of life. It's different now though. Nobody seems to have any common sense any more, people are actually being praised for being dumb. I think it mostly started about 20 years ago. Back then the average Joe Bloggs was alot smarter then he is today. Bosses, while being a total pain in the arse did actually know what they were doing roughly. They still needed underlings to help them out but they could do the job and do it pretty well.
Then people started getting really worried about their positions. Layoffs, sackings and high unemployment were abound in the UK in the late 80's so the people in charage with their nice salaries and reasonably comfy jobs started to get worried that their heads would be on the chopping block next. THAT'S when the world starting getting stupider.
The people in charge needed to solidify their positions, so anyone who was smart enough to threaten their comfy zone had to be gotten rid of and be replaced by people half as smart as the one in charge. This made them look great, and helped to make sure that nobody could oust them.
In turn when they were promoted they would then worry about what happens if the person who get's promoted is smarter or more talented, so once again they would make sure that the dimmest of sparks got promoted into their old position. The new person with the position of power then realized "Damn if I'm not dumb, what'll I do if people find out?"
The simple solution, get rid of the one's smarter than them. They're in the perfect position to know who's more talented, smarter and what have you because they've just been promoted from that very pool. Once that's done they feel safe. It doesn't matter that nobody has a clue what they're doing, it's all good as long as they feel safe.
Then as people leave, move on or whatever the one's in fear for their position because, well, they're just plain dumb can then start to populate their place with non-threatening slightly stupid people. As time progresses they get their promotion and again pick the dimmest spark of the bunch. Job safe but the worlds a little dumber. This carries on exponentially over the years leading us up to, well, now.
Think of those old Russian style dolls that fit into each other, except based upon stupidity instead of size. That's one of the reasons I think the world is growning dumber at an alarming rate.
