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That world doesn't need to be created, it's the world we have now.

Very dependent on who you work with.

Of course the people exist (and that's why there's contracts to begin with... though it's also to clarify what's being agreed upon), but a lot of society is predicated on 99% of people not being jerks.

>but a lot of society is predicated on 99% of people not being jerks

Maybe thats why the 1% are so successful then.

Being a jerk is like being (and very correlated to) short volatility[1]. Most of the time it's profitable. Every once in a while the world goes upside down, all the jerks are rounded up, have their stuff confiscated, tortured, and killed.

- 1789 French Revolution (Aristocracy rounded up and killed)

- 1911 Chinese Revolution (Ruling class rounded up and killed)

- 1917 Russian Revolution (Ruling class rounded up and killed)

- 1966 Chinese Cultural Revolution (Landholders rounded up and killed)

- 2003 Iraq War (Ruling class killed)

- 2011 Libyan War (Ruling class rounded up and killed)

[1] Buy short volatility with SVXY https://www.google.com/finance?q=NYSEARCA:SVXY

I would say that most of the jerks are not among the most successful people (though perhaps there are more jerks than non-jerks up there...)

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