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I find an incongruity in these two statements. >> It would have been fairly trivial for me to go spelunking for people’s credit card information or whatever...
by frozenport 12y ago
I find an incongruity in these two statements.
>> It would have been fairly trivial for me to go spelunking for people’s credit card information or whatever... But I didn’t. To do that, by definition you have to be willing to become a criminal, and that’s a little bit rare. So I’m not too worried about that.
>> It was funny. It really showed me the power of gradualism. It’s hard to get people to do something bad all in one big jump, but if you can cut it up into small enough pieces, you can get people to do almost anything.
- mattknox 12y agoYeah, I can absolutely see what you mean, but I don't think there is as much incongruity as you think. Had I been working for the russian mob or whatever, that is, an organization that is comfortable with being explicitly criminal, I don't know and fear what would have happened. However, generally, most organizations are not comfortable with telling employees to break the law, most of the time. In particular, it seems to me to be really rare in the private sector-I don't have any real experience with government.