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Luis von Ahn says criticism over strategy change shows ‘anxiety’ about technology replacing jobs

Archived version: https://archive.is/20250608171624/https://www.ft.com/content/6fbafbb6-bafe-484c-9af9-f0ffb589b447

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[–] tane6@lemm.ee 18 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

CEOs are overall just not smart and we need to stop that belief

[–] Muffi@programming.dev 3 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Is there really a single person of this belief, after the whole HBO name-change stupidity? That is still among the worst business and branding decisions I have ever seen.

[–] yarr@feddit.nl 2 points 32 minutes ago

"Well if they are so dumb why do they have so much money???"

[–] tane6@lemm.ee 5 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

I would argue that it is one of the most deeply held American beliefs even if it’s not talked about openly. Successful people are almost always viewed as intelligent by default. Despite all evidence to the contrary.

People STILL call Elon a genius ffs