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> It's so sad, because it's all so unnecessary.

That's a rather naive take. There's no point moralizing, or being wishful about it. Just embrace the game theory nature of reality.

Corporate and governmental power structures will always be susceptible to capture and exploitation. We need to set up structures that can not be co-opted by the psychopaths, or at least contain a poison pill that makes them much less attractive targets for such people.

The lesson from this example is that the author maintained ownership, and so in the end could do something meaningful to combat the company that has become corrupted.




I'm kind of more afraid there's no psychopath to pin the blame on. I haven't done my homework but I suspect the system and a bunch of normal type people exhibit the same outward behavior.




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