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Driven by incentives, a decent person drifts into immoral behavior to get what he wants and rationalizes it

Drawn from what Charlie Munger said

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behavioural science Applying how people actually decide to policy, rather than assuming how they should.

Incentives

Which mental models help you think better?under our view: Incentives are stronger than anyone admits, including about yourself

What Charlie Munger actually said

  1. Charlie Munger Warren Buffett's business partner and vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway
    A man has an acculturated nature making him a pretty decent fellow, and yet, driven both consciously and subconsciously by incentives, he drifts into immoral behavior in order to get what he wants, a result he facilitates by rationalizing his bad behavior, like the salesmen at Xerox who harmed customers in order to maximize their sales commissions.

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