Squeakiest wheel effect: loudest complainer rather than most-hurting person gets helped
Similar effect in insight: of the people who get an insight, the one most surprised by it will make the biggest deal about it, claiming great personal originality, and will get credit for it.
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The “most surprised” could be the most inspired and impassioned. “Making the biggest deal about it” could be dedicating a life to research or advocacy.
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Yes but it’s usually some mix of self importance, social isolation, and vanity
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Probably always self importance and identity. Sometimes isolation, sometimes vain addiction to the rush of inspiration and inspiring. From this crap heap emerges our leaders. 😂🤷♂️💩

