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Never fear quarrels, but seek hazardous adventures
― Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers
What are the consequences of requiring from one's employees a personal guarantee of loyalty above all else, casting aside characteristics such as intelligence, competence, and any sense of morality?
Statistically, of course, the preeminence of loyalty requires a reduction in such secondary virtues. But given a large enough pool of candidates, sufficient selectivity can overcome these obstacles. You can have a sycophant who exhibits superior intelligence, for example.
But…what impact does rabid loyalty have on critical thinking skills? It seems reasonable to guess, for example, that an extreme loyalist would be more inclined than normal to suffer confirmation bias (facts su
