The international calendar is peppered with a number of meetings of the elite. This week we have the crown jewel: Davos.
Much of the media love these events. They provide a good photo opportunity as well as a legitimate and safe tag line. The latent assumption is that our key problems are things that elites identify and solve; they possess the requisite expertise, and, of course, power.
But there is the problem of elite narcissism. As thinkers have observed since antiquity, those who seek power are often morally unqualified and those who are qualified often do not lust after power.
Research has shown that chief executives score four times higher on sociopathology indexes than the rest of the population. Yet other research shows drivers of luxury cars don’t heed pedestrian crossings, whereas drivers of standard cars observe them more consistently.
Read more: Why The Davos Elite Won't Solve Our Global Problems Social Europe
Much of the media love these events. They provide a good photo opportunity as well as a legitimate and safe tag line. The latent assumption is that our key problems are things that elites identify and solve; they possess the requisite expertise, and, of course, power.
But there is the problem of elite narcissism. As thinkers have observed since antiquity, those who seek power are often morally unqualified and those who are qualified often do not lust after power.
Research has shown that chief executives score four times higher on sociopathology indexes than the rest of the population. Yet other research shows drivers of luxury cars don’t heed pedestrian crossings, whereas drivers of standard cars observe them more consistently.
Read more: Why The Davos Elite Won't Solve Our Global Problems Social Europe
