The older I get, the less distinction I see between malice and stupidity. They always seem to come as a package deal, never one seen without the other.
Evil geniuses and idiots with a heart of gold are Hollywood fictions. In reality, the most evil, spite-driven people and the most moronic people are almost always the same people.
never [attribute] to malice what could [adequately] be explained by stupidity
People see dollarmarks and forget everything else.
So greed overcomes even Hanlon? I see there’s a point there, but what if greed is just malice by a colder name? Malice at least is intentional and driven, but greed gets kinda indifferent as it trivializes the lives of others for our own financial gluttony.
People see dollarmarks and forget everything else
The older I get, the less distinction I see between malice and stupidity. They always seem to come as a package deal, never one seen without the other.
Evil geniuses and idiots with a heart of gold are Hollywood fictions. In reality, the most evil, spite-driven people and the most moronic people are almost always the same people.
So greed overcomes even Hanlon? I see there’s a point there, but what if greed is just malice by a colder name? Malice at least is intentional and driven, but greed gets kinda indifferent as it trivializes the lives of others for our own financial gluttony.
Chilling.