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That applies to individuals, not companies. With groups like Facebook it is “always assume bad faith,” because it always is.
by stevenjohns 6y ago
That applies to individuals, not companies. With groups like Facebook it is “always assume bad faith,” because it always is.
- tshaddox 6y agoYeah, same with governments. And I think Hanson’s razor is generally a pretty bad rule of thumb, considering that negligence is essentially malicious anyway.
- yjftsjthsd-h 6y agoYeah, in some cases I have started going with "this might be malice and it might be incompetence, but since the behavior is the same either way who cares?"
- beervirus 6y ago> negligence is essentially malicious The definition of negligence is that it isn't malicious.
- tshaddox 6y agoI'm not really attempting to use precise legal terms, because those vary a lot. For instance, "actual malice" in US libel law doesn't require intention or desire to harm (the normal dictionary definition of "malice"), but can simply be negligence (making a statement with a "reckless disregard of whether it was false or not"). My point is that, if you ought to have done something, and you didn't, you're culpable. And I would certainly use the word "malice" (in the everyday sense, not in all legal contexts) to describe someone who knows they are cutting corners that might have damaging consequences, but cuts corners anyway. I think it's malicious to harm or endanger other people to make a buck.
- malloreon 6y agocompanies are groups of individuals with the same purpose and aligned incentives. don't let individuals off the hook just because they work for a particular company. if that company operates in bad faith, its employees do too.