The assumptions embedded in so much commentary about technical leadership and organizational design are so hard to sit through sometimes. Like oh hmmm I wonder why certain groups of people think the only problem is that everyone else is too stupid to keep up with them. I wonder why certain facets of our society are delighted to make 10x the money of the people they sit next to, and then find themselves struggling to incorporate the expertise of the people they sit next to. Mysteries abound.
It is a by definition narcissist worldview to decide "people don't care about anything and they're stupid and I'm the only one who's right" when you could ask yourself "I wonder what else those people are caring about."
A thin veneer of "I am the only one who understands human needs on a profound level, I am the one who eats my vegetables" does not fool anyone, not really. We all feel the contempt radiating off people who cannot compassionately say, "I wonder why."
@grimalkina Also, when one believes that everyone who disagrees does so because they lack one's own genius that's basically taking the express train to crackpot town.
