@djc Plus, I'd ask you to consider whether Galtian incentives aren't self-debilitating. Howard Hughes starts as a brilliant aviator, but become Howard Hughes.

Elon Musk, well, his politics are obviously flamboyant. But early in his career, you could think (I used to think!) he was stewarding Tesla in a prosocial way. I don't think that's a reasonable conjecture anymore. His talents have been deflected by his wealth.