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why do people in our industry always make the assumption that everyone else are morons? The populace understands what a non-profit is.
by PH95VuimJjqBqy 3y ago
why do people in our industry always make the assumption that everyone else are morons?
The populace understands what a non-profit is.
- whimsicalism 3y agoour industry? I know the public doesnt because I grew up among people working in non profit sphere and the things people say on here and elsewhere about what non profits do and don't is just flat out wrong. e: i mean it is obvious, most people even on here do not seem to know what profit even is, for instance https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39563492 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39563492
- PH95VuimJjqBqy 3y agothis argument is unfair. Unless you're a lawyer specializing in negligence, there is nuance to negligence you don't know about. Does that imply you don't understand negligence? You need to separate those two things out from each other.
- spywaregorilla 3y agoThe populace can point to some obvious examples of non profits like charities. They cannot point to the nuance.
- newzisforsukas 3y agohttps://scholarworks.iupui.edu/bitstream/handle/1805/32247/WhatAmericansThinkAboutPhilanthropy.pdf https://scholarworks.iupui.edu/bitstream/handle/1805/32247/W...
- bcrosby95 3y ago> A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals