Smart people are those who have a well developed IQ or intelligence quotient. But if those smart people want to be good leaders, they also need EQ or emotional quotient, the ability to empathise and express emotions. But according to Alibaba CEO Jack Ma, you also need something he calls ¡®LQ¡¯
¡°If you want to be respected, you need LQ,¡± the founder and chairman of the Chinese internet giant said at the Bloomberg Global Business Forum in New York earlier this week. ¡°And what is LQ? The quotient of love, which machines never have.¡±
Ma said he believes, no matter how smart machines may become, the solutions to Earth¡¯s biggest problems like poverty, global warming, and epidemics, will come from humans. He believes humans have the motivation to outthink machines and to drive progress, particularly youngsters. Apparently, Ma also believes those answers won¡¯t come from people over 50, as they ¡°worry too much¡±.
¡°Pay attention to young people, because they don¡¯t worry as much about the future. They worry instead about the world¡¯s leaders not changing in the here and now, and not using technology properly,¡± he added.
Ma also says he¡¯s always warned government leaders to not neglect their country¡¯s education, and not to discourage children by saying machines are better and will eventually take their jobs.
¡°A machine does not have a heart, does not have soul, and does not have a belief,¡± he said. ¡°Human beings have the souls, have the belief, have the value; we are creative, we are showing that we can control the machines.¡±