关键要点
- 有权力但没魅力的人容易被讨厌：权力让他们成为批评的靶子，而他们又没有魅力去化解批评。
- 这是希拉里·克林顿的问题，也是任何“实干型而非社交型”CEO 的问题——而实干型 CEO（和希拉里一样）很可能是最适合这份工作的人。
- PG 认为这个问题无解，这是人性；我们能做的只是认出它正在发生。
- 关键判断：一个人成为批评的磁石，有时不是他不胜任的信号，而是他恰恰胜任的信号。
—— 本文选自东西书院 dongxishuyuan.com
PG 原话
有权力但没魅力的人容易被讨厌。他们的权力让他们成为批评的靶子，而他们又没有魅力去化解批评。那是希拉里·克林顿的问题。对任何实干型而非社交型的 CEO 来说，这也往往是个问题。而实干型 CEO（和希拉里一样）很可能是最适合这份工作的人。
People who are powerful but uncharismatic will tend to be disliked. Their power makes them a target for criticism that they dont have the charisma to disarm. That was Hillary Clintons problem. It also tends to be a problem for any CEO who is more of a builder than a schmoozer. And yet the builder-type CEO is (like Hillary) probably the best person for the job.
我不认为这个问题有解。这是人性。我们能做的最多是认出它正在发生，并且理解：成为批评的磁石，有时不是某人不适合一份工作的信号，而是他适合的信号。
I dont think there is any solution to this problem. Its human nature. The best we can do is to recognize that its happening, and to understand that being a magnet for criticism is sometimes a sign not that someone is the wrong person for a job, but that theyre the right one.
出处
- 英文原题：Charisma / Power（2017年1月）
- 原文：https://www.paulgraham.com/pow.html
- 本书院编译 · 底本为 paulgraham.com 英文原典
中文为本书院编译（意译），关键英文术语保留原文；英文引文逐字核验为原典连续子串。
延伸阅读 · 跨篇互见
招牛人放手让他们干是管理学的陈词滥调；创始人该用founder mode，而不是manager mode。
In effect there are two different ways to run a company: founder mode and manager mode.
what this often turns out to mean is: hire professional fakers and let them drive the company into the ground.
场景交集：管理、决策出处：Founder Mode · paulgraham.com 原文 ↗
社区文化上：稀释的是行为，不是用户
论坛质量下降的元凶是坏行为而非坏用户；用户从众、预期决定行为，所以社区运营的核心是立规矩、防微杜渐。
Probably the most important thing Ive learned about dilution is that its measured more in behavior than users.
Its bad behavior you want to keep out more than bad people.
场景交集：管理、判断力出处：What Ive Learned from Hacker News · paulgraham.com 原文 ↗
大公司为什么让人别扭：树形结构的代价
大公司的树形结构让个人自由度与整棵树的规模成反比，大组织注定让人不自然。
a normal job may be as bad for us intellectually as white flour or sugar is for us physically.
each person gets freedom of action in inverse proportion to the size of the entire tree.
场景交集：管理、决策出处：You Werent Meant to Have a Boss · paulgraham.com 原文 ↗
Mean People Fail：刻薄让你变蠢、招不到最好的人
刻薄的人失败：刻薄让你变蠢、招不到最好的人；而赢的游戏越来越不是零和博弈。
Startups dont win by attacking. They win by transcending. There are exceptions of course, but usually the way to win is to race ahead, not to stop and fight.
Increasingly you win not by fighting to get control of a scarce resource, but by having new ideas and building new things.
场景交集：管理、判断力、决策出处：Mean People Fail · paulgraham.com 原文 ↗
本区为 L2 延展案例（跨篇互见）：PG 其他原典中的相关论述，仍属原典直读；引文均为逐字核验。解读与主编观点见 L3（筹备中）。