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> "never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by a byzantine organizational structure in which the left hand doesn't know what the right is do
by catalogia 7y ago
> "never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by a byzantine organizational structure in which the left hand doesn't know what the right is doing"
Is there utility in such a distinction?
- rictic 7y agoImproved ability to understand the present and predict the future? e.g. if malice, then sharing ideas is more dangerous; if byzantine organization dynamics, then it's less dangerous.
- catalogia 7y agoThe effect is the same. If you assume malice, the actions you end up predicting are identical to the actions you predict if you assume byzantine organization. They are functionally equivalent. The distinction is hardly even a distinction at all, since byzantine organizations are often malicious. Even if no particular individual in the organization has malicious intent, the actions of the organization as a whole may be malicious.
- rictic 7y agoIt would be very surprising indeed if they were truly indistinguishable.