You’ve met a lot of megalothymiacs in the River; Musk is a paradigmatic example. Their impulses need to be kept in check—but risk-takers are also the ones who move society forward. “What you need is the distribution of risk,” Fukuyama told me. “So there’s some high-risk-takers that in certain situations will be necessary for the survival of the community. But not in all circumstances. They can also get the whole community in trouble.”
