One of the best buys in personal conduct these days is front-loading just a little bit of courage — to say what you mean, to withhold judgment, to be unfairly pegged an asshole or a bigot or whatever else if it protects you from social kidnap.
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Related: I no longer believe that where there's smoke, there's fire. The fact that people consistently say x about some famous person means no more than that there are a lot of people who want to hear it.
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Reputational destruction in the age of analytics. Lines of attack are A/B tested until something gets traction. Destructive potency is easier to measure than truth. We'll have to evolve new norms around this. "Everyone must disown the targeted in 24 hours" is not acceptable.
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I'd also like to see more folks praise those close to the accused who refrain from either premature dismissal or reflexive condemnation. The space between the two is extremely rocky territory for public figures & we should be appreciative of anyone willing to stand there
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