@oragnes: That's truly heartbreaking! Silicon Valley venture capital godfather Marc Andreessen hits the nail on the head, tearing off the blindfold of social power: Why do genius experts with sky-high IQs end up working for "mediocre" generalists? He drops a brutal "0.4 law": In social science, the correlation between IQ and success (wealth, social status) is only...

Damn, that’s brutal! Silicon Valley venture capital godfather Marc Andreessen cuts right through the hypocrisy of social power: why do genius experts with off-the-chart IQs end up working for “mediocre” generalists?

He throws out a ruthless “0.4 law”: in social science, the correlation between IQ and success (wealth, social status) is only 0.4. That means the other 60% that determines your life outcome has nothing to do with intelligence!

High-IQ geniuses easily fall into the blind spot of “IQ supremacy,” obsessing over vertical domains, eventually becoming high-level “tools” working for others. Meanwhile, real-world power always lies in the hands of “generalists” — those with above-average IQs but who are extremely good at understanding human nature, integrating resources, and mediating conflicts.

The real world has never been ruled by the smartest people, but by those best at managing the smart ones. Stop treating IQ as your only asset — understanding how the world actually works is the real truth.

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For the past two decades, the moat of SaaS companies has largely been built on the “user interface (UI).” What Salesforce sold to customers was essentially a set of dashboards, views, and operational flows for managing sales teams; the core of the moat was the “muscle memory” and switching costs formed by human users over years.