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I think a different variant/opposite of Hanlon's razor applies when it comes to corporate or political decisions: Don't attribute to stupidity when it can be ad

I think a different variant/opposite of Hanlon's razor applies when it comes to corporate or political decisions: Don't attribute to stupidity when it can be adequately explained by malice or greed. This sounds rather obvious, but I feel people forget it far too often.

TeMPOraL 13d ago
I call this the Hanlon's Handgun: "Never attribute to stupidity that which can be adequately explained by systemic incentives promoting malice." Previously: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=hanlon%27s%20handgun&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...