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Mental Model

Hanlon's Razor

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General Thinking & Meta-Models

attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence or ignorance. Most bad outcomes come from stupidity, not conspiracy — and assuming malice causes you to misdiagnose the problem.

The core idea

attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence or ignorance. Most bad outcomes come from stupidity, not conspiracy — and assuming malice causes you to misdiagnose the problem.

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