Comment by bpsdg on Competent Elites · 2021-01-14T04:38:19.358Z · LW · GW

The reason the power elite don't talk to mortals is not because the mortals are boring.

Try to help a mortal become power elite and you'll discover something interesting: it can't be done.

And not only this: they have all kinds of self-limiting coping mechanisms that invariably make them attack you for even attempting to help them,