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A billionaire CEO's self-destructive conspiracy spiral is a textbook case of how unchecked power, motivated reasoning, and epistemic collapse can bring down an empire from the inside.
Motivated ReasoningEpistemic HubrisPrincipal-Agent ProblemDunning-Kruger Effect
Theory Briefing
- A billionaire CEO drove his own company into the ground by chasing conspiracy theories, showing how power insulates leaders from corrective feedback.
- Motivated reasoning theory explains why high-status individuals double down on false beliefs rather than update when evidence contradicts them.
- The case illustrates the principal-agent problem in reverse — when the agent and principal are the same unchecked person, no one pulls the emergency brake.