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There's a Twilight Zone episode (Season 2, Episode 16) where a bank clerk can suddenly hear his every coworker's thoughts. After he causes a $200k loan to get
by mchannon 8y ago
There's a Twilight Zone episode (Season 2, Episode 16) where a bank clerk can suddenly hear his every coworker's thoughts.
After he causes a $200k loan to get denied because he realizes the recipient would gamble it, he reads the mind of his old reliable co-worker Smithers, who is thinking about how he'll steal cash from the bank and escape to Bermuda.
The fact was that Smithers did have the thoughts, but they were fantasy, and not actual planning. By lowering the boom on him, the clerk gets himself fired.
In your instant case, maybe you were meant to find these documents. Maybe your employer got the quote but will end up deciding that the intangibles from outsourcing don't make up for the reduced expenses.
I wouldn't advise anything unethical, but the mindreader in the episode ends up blackmailing his adulterous boss, getting promoted, and getting the girl he was always too shy to get. Perhaps the question you should be asking is "how can I selectively divulge this information to get what I want?"