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I see two distinct motivations for not wanting to know: - You have no agency, so the information would just be depressing without enabling you to do something
by yccs27 4y ago
I see two distinct motivations for not wanting to know:
- You have no agency, so the information would just be depressing without enabling you to do something about it.
- You have agency, and indeed you'd have to do something if you knew (for moral, legal or general responsibility reasons) - but you don't _want_ to do anything.
- bombcar 4y agoThe second is common, especially when dealing with a bureaucracy that isn't fully aligned with what should be done. As long as you maintain plausible deniability, things continue to work. Hence things like "work to rule" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work-to-rule https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work-to-rule