| ▲ | ekunazanu a day ago | |
I think a different variant/opposite of Hanlon's razor applies when it comes to corporate or political decisions: Don't attribute to stupidity when it can be adequately explained by malice or greed. This sounds rather obvious, but I feel people forget it far too often. | ||
| ▲ | TeMPOraL 19 hours ago | parent [-] | |
I call this the Hanlon's Handgun: "Never attribute to stupidity that which can be adequately explained by systemic incentives promoting malice." Previously: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu... | ||