In the same way that bad managers hire bozos to keep expectations low and protect their cushy jobs, there are people who surround themselves with mediocrity to protect an ego actively threatened not only by excellence, but by mere striving. Run, don't walk, from the lotus-eaters.https://twitter.com/TheStoicEmperor/status/1077836725425135616 …
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I like your term "Cooperative complacency", I think I'll start using that instead of kakonomics.
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It's very widespread. eg software quality can be improved with code reviews, but you get "merge buddies": "I greenlight your shitty code and you greenlight mine".
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