Re: Alphas and Betas

I simply don't agree with your premise. I know plenty of alpha's with whom I work every day that lead happy, healthy lives. There are enough of them that you will have a tough time convincing me that being an alpha is somehow logically connected to the fate you describle. And for every tragic alpha story I can tell you a story of a floppy fish-dick beta that suffer no less miserable a fate.

You'll have to connect the dots somehow. Anecdotal evidence isn't going to cut it. Not when the CO of my regiment is still running a perfect PFT at the age of 45, still going to the gym every morning, still commanding the respect of not only his subordinates but his peers. Not while I see alpha's older than I am who are living the life I wanted for myself.

And I see beta's doing the same. I simply think on it's an individual basis.