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Besides the obivious lack of oversight on Der Spiegel and ethics of the journalist. I believe that there are a few lessons we can take away here: 1. We value h

by monksy 8y ago

Besides the obivious lack of oversight on Der Spiegel and ethics of the journalist. I believe that there are a few lessons we can take away here: 1. We value honest hard work. However, we rarely value the people who do it. (The journalist was a "star" journalist and was required to perform at that level constantly.. does this ring a bell to any developers?) 2. Confirmation Bias is rather nasty, and that has been used to propagate some bad narritives. Right now the political deviviness has encouraged by the media. This article: Look at these "racist", "sexist", *ist people in some low-class people in this rural area. At least this is what I get from it. (That's been the garbage tauted by the left) 3. This guy was trusted as a leader way too much. I would not be surprised if he's a psychopath. (He has no concerns over the people he screws over, and the only reason he seems sorry is that he got caught).

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PavlovsCat 8y ago
As this guy [0] (a TV moderator who handed Relotius several of his awards) says, that journalist was under no economic pressure, at all. And the interviewed person also calls out this worldview in which everybody is a victim, nobody is an actor, and many journalists are more concerned about them being victims than being victimizers. And it really is telling that the perpetrator so easily gets styled as kind-of-also-a-victim, as if having won a few prizes created this pressure/temptation no human could possibly withstand. (I started to write my comment in response to someone who replied to you and said you using the word sociopath was "dehumanizing", and that they don't want to defend the journalist, but that "any normal and well adjusted person" could have gotten addicted to having won prizes -- that as well as some comments on the first story about the subject on HN is what I meant with styling them as victim, not your comment as such) [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TrfRWnYCo0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TrfRWnYCo0
MrBuddyCasino 8y ago
> I would not be surprised if he's a psychopath. When I first heard of him, his behavior and how people described him that was my first thought. It ticks all the boxes: - „nicest guy I know“, knows intuitively what people want to hear - is extremely good at fooling others, and can uphold a fake story for a long time - does it for narcissistic reasons, and to enrich himself with no deeper goal in life - adept at building alliances with people in power (the guy who got him was afraid he would be fired)

by monksy 8y ago

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PavlovsCat 8y ago

As this guy [0] (a TV moderator who handed Relotius several of his awards) says, that journalist was under no economic pressure, at all. And the interviewed person also calls out this worldview in which everybody is a victim, nobody is an actor, and many journalists are more concerned about them being victims than being victimizers. And it really is telling that the perpetrator so easily gets styled as kind-of-also-a-victim, as if having won a few prizes created this pressure/temptation no human could possibly withstand. (I started to write my comment in response to someone who replied to you and said you using the word sociopath was "dehumanizing", and that they don't want to defend the journalist, but that "any normal and well adjusted person" could have gotten addicted to having won prizes -- that as well as some comments on the first story about the subject on HN is what I meant with styling them as victim, not your comment as such) [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TrfRWnYCo0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TrfRWnYCo0

MrBuddyCasino 8y ago

> I would not be surprised if he's a psychopath. When I first heard of him, his behavior and how people described him that was my first thought. It ticks all the boxes: - „nicest guy I know“, knows intuitively what people want to hear - is extremely good at fooling others, and can uphold a fake story for a long time - does it for narcissistic reasons, and to enrich himself with no deeper goal in life - adept at building alliances with people in power (the guy who got him was afraid he would be fired)