It really changed when the game went from "Build the best product" to "Get the highest valuation" and the means of doing so were specifically NOT about building the best product. VC money was a factor, public exits were a factor, but even more generally, the idea became that you could become a billionaire without making anything at all.
Just create enough FOMO among the monied and you win. This is not nerd stuff... it's psychopath stuff.
Yes - Psychopathy is a thing, last time I researched, in the CEO territory.
I assume it is selected for.
I assume it benefits those at the tippy-top of the western corporate structure.
They make more money, taking advantage of situations that squish other people, in my view more quickly than those with fewer pathologies. In my personal experience they seem to be tacitly accepted by boards & investors. I understand "maximizing profits" is the job.
Not a new thing.
- https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/08/the-science-behind-why-so-ma...