If your expectations of people are too high you will always be disappointed. If other people's goals are aligned with yours for the wrong reason, that's better

If your expectations of people are too high you will always be disappointed. If other people's goals are aligned with yours for the wrong reason, that's better than them not being aligned with your goals at all. See the book "The Wisdom of Psychopaths." Your surgeon might be motivated by profit or might be motivated by altruism, in the end what matters for your survival is that he's the best at his job.