Clay Shirky Figures Out What’s Holding Women Back

“I’m worried … [that] not enough women have what it takes to behave like arrogant self-aggrandizing jerks. … They aren’t just bad at behaving like arrogant self-aggrandizing jerks. They are bad at behaving like self-promoting narcissists, anti-social obsessives, or pompous blowhards, even a little bit, even temporarily, even when it would be in their best interests to do so.” (What, doesn’t he know any opera singers?)