It used to be that government officials were all picked by political patronage and they, very often, were incompetent.

过去政府官员,通常都是走后门进来的,他们经常都是不称职的。

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Think about people who are competent. Generally-- And think about people who are incompetent.

想想那些有能力的人-,和无能的人。

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Yes, we're more attracted to people who are competent than people who we think are incompetent but people who are super competent, people who seem competent on all dimensions, they're kind of threatening to us.

是的，我们更喜欢有能力的人,而非没能力的人,但是那些能力超群的人，那种全能型的人，又我们感到恐慌。

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