The problem is not buggy code - i.e. code that is meant to do one thing but actually does the other. The problem is buggy goals - e.g. goals that is meant to fo

The problem is not buggy code - i.e. code that is meant to do one thing but actually does the other. The problem is buggy goals - e.g. goals that is meant to foster thoughtful discussion but actually create echo chamber increasingly intolerant to dissent and incapable of considering new ideas on merits instead of panicking on any deviation for the orthodoxy. Unless conscious and constant effort is taken to avoid it, it is very easy to get into such failure mode. Not because people are evil but because people are buggy and weak.