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Try talking to some. You'll be surprised that most are actually pretty good people trying to make a difference in a very difficult job. They see nothing but the
by throwaway999b 9y ago
Try talking to some. You'll be surprised that most are actually pretty good people trying to make a difference in a very difficult job. They see nothing but the worst of humanity day in and day out.
- adamnemecek 9y agoI did. I definitely wouldn't use the word "good". More like improperly trained, unprofessional, aggressive, ignorant and trigger happy.
- jdietrich 9y agoThere are no good people, only good systems. The German people didn't turn into monsters in 1938 and become decent people at the end of 1945, they were just participants in a broken system. The Rwandans didn't suddenly become the worst people in the world for a few months in 1994. Perfectly decent people are capable of utterly abhorrent things if their environment is sufficiently toxic. US police officers aren't bad people, they're just poorly trained and held to very low standards of accountability. They do bad things because they're operating in a system that incentivises them to do bad things.
- adamnemecek 9y ago> "There are no good people, only good systems." Nice quote. Can you recommend some reading on this topic?
- jdietrich 9y agoThe Lucifer Effect by Philip Zimbardo is a satisfactory primer. https://www.amazon.com/Lucifer-Effect-Understanding-Good-People/dp/0812974441/ https://www.amazon.com/Lucifer-Effect-Understanding-Good-Peo...