Too many people of my acquaintance place a lot of stock in Hanlon's Razor, specifically because their immediate thought after running it is "... But nobody could be that stupid." Evil is not a great model for explaining bad results much of the time. Stupidity has same problem.
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This is instrumentally useful for technologists because you probably spend a lot of your time around very smart people and very bugged systems, and therefore you will not prematurely rush to conclude "Hmm that there black box has smart people operating it; probably flawless."
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Never attribute to stupidity what could be attributed to moloch? https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/ … I think The Wire is the best touchstone
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Evil vs stupid is one level above that. There are people in charge of these complex systems, and they're supposed to watch for the emergent behavior, and course correct. When they don't, it's fair to ask if they are incompetent or if they don't care (i.e. evil)
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