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understand were consistently ignored—in

part because they had the

wrong personality style: “Many times I

have been sitting across the table from

an energy trader and I would say, ‘Your

portfolio will implode if this specific

situation happens.’ And the trader

would start yelling at me and telling me

I’m an idiot, that such a situation

would never happen. The problem is

that, on one side, you have a rainmaker

who is making lots of money for the

company and is treated like a superstar,

and on the other side you have an introverted

nerd. So who do you think

wins?”

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But what exactly is the mechanism by

which buzz clouds good judgment?

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