The self-attribution fallacy
If wealth was the inevitable result of hard work and enterprise, every
woman in Africa would be a millionaire. The claims that the ultra-rich
1% make for themselves – that they are possessed of unique intelligence
or creativity or drive – are examples of the self-attribution fallacy.
This means crediting yourself with outcomes for which you weren’t
responsible. Many of those who are rich today got there because they
were able to capture certain jobs. This capture owes less to talent and
intelligence than to a combination of the ruthless exploitation of
others and accidents of birth, as such jobs are taken disproportionately
by people born in certain places and into certain classes. (...)
Such results have been widely replicated. They show that traders and
fund managers across Wall Street receive their massive remuneration for
doing no better than would a chimpanzee flipping a coin. When Kahneman
tried to point this out they blanked him. “The illusion of skill … is
deeply ingrained in their culture.”
Daqui.
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