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← When a system's incentives produce bad behaviour, the blame belongs entirely to whoever created the incentives.

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Everything filed under attitude change attitude change Everything filed under hiring hiring Everything filed under motivation motivation Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Everything filed under management management Everything filed under mental models mental models Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: When a system's incentives produce bad behaviour, the blame belongs entirely to whoever created the incentives. When a system's incentives produce badbehaviour, the blame belongs entirely towhoever created the incentives. Last stated 5 years ago 25 Jan 2022 MA Marc Andreessen — holds since 2022-01-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Disasters come from organisational conditions, not from bad individuals, so blaming a person prevents the fix. — tap to centre the map on it Disasters come from organisationalconditions, not from badindividuals, so blaming a personprevents the fix. Last stated 14 years ago 13 Jan 2013 WH Wayne Hale — holds since 2013-01-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: When politicians or executives offer a choice between two bad options, refuse the frame: reframe the question instead of accepting responsibility for either. — tap to centre the map on it When politicians or executives offera choice between two bad options,refuse the frame: reframe thequestion instead of acceptingresponsibility for either. Last stated a year ago 30 Sept 2025 PD Pavel Durov — holds since 2025-09-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: The principal-agent problem, an incentives problem, drives a great deal of what happens in the world. — tap to centre the map on it The principal-agent problem, anincentives problem, drives a greatdeal of what happens in the world. Last stated 7 years ago 28 Dec 2019 NR Naval Ravikant — holds since 2019-12-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Incentives drive all human behaviour, which makes a management team's incentives central to valuing a company. — tap to centre the map on it Incentives drive all humanbehaviour, which makes a managementteam's incentives central to valuinga company. Last stated 3 years ago 20 Feb 2024 BA Bill Ackman — holds since 2024-02-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: Much wrongdoing comes from good people doing bad things without knowing it, not from bad people — tap to centre the map on it Much wrongdoing comes from goodpeople doing bad things withoutknowing it, not from bad people Last stated 18 years ago 12 Jun 2008 MB Max Bazerman — holds since 2008-06-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Blaming and shaming people only makes them defensive, dig in their heels, or tune out, rather than change their minds. — tap to centre the map on it Blaming and shaming people onlymakes them defensive, dig in theirheels, or tune out, rather thanchange their minds. Last stated 5 months ago 9 Jun 2026 AG Adam Grant — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: When someone gets the same negative reaction from many different people, the more likely explanation is their own behavior, not everyone else's. — tap to centre the map on it When someone gets the same negativereaction from many different people,the more likely explanation is theirown behavior, not everyone else's. Last stated a month ago 14 Sept 2026 AH Ava Huang — holds since 2026-09-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: Responsibility for algorithms taking authority from humans lies with the biologists, not the computer geeks — tap to centre the map on it Responsibility for algorithms takingauthority from humans lies with thebiologists, not the computer geeks YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2015–2017 — tap for who they are Same subject: Being professionally offended by every little thing is no longer a dominant disposition — tap to centre the map on it Being professionally offended byevery little thing is no longer adominant disposition Last stated 2 years ago 6 Nov 2024 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-11-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Decades of warnings about an AI apocalypse do not justify much concern today. — tap to centre the map on it Decades of warnings about an AIapocalypse do not justify muchconcern today. Last stated a month ago 12 Sept 2026 PF Paul Ford — holds since 2026-09-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Deliberately shifting a culture is far harder now that everyone can personalise their media and skip past anything they dislike. — tap to centre the map on it Deliberately shifting a culture isfar harder now that everyone canpersonalise their media and skippast anything they dislike. Last stated a year ago 1 Jul 2025 AE Alice Evans — holds since 2025-07-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A drop in agency is the earliest sign of burnout, arriving before you consciously notice you are burning out. — tap to centre the map on it A drop in agency is the earliestsign of burnout, arriving before youconsciously notice you are burningout. Last stated 3 years ago 10 Jan 2024 CH Cate Hall — holds since 2024-01-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: A founder who picks an idea because the market wants it will give up, because nobody can persist at something that was never important to them. — tap to centre the map on it A founder who picks an idea becausethe market wants it will give up,because nobody can persist atsomething that was never importantto them. Last stated 2 years ago 19 Jun 2024 AS Aravind Srinivas — holds since 2024-06-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A general inclination of all humankind is a perpetual, restless desire of power after power that ends only in death — tap to centre the map on it A general inclination of allhumankind is a perpetual, restlessdesire of power after power thatends only in death TH Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — tap for who they are Same subject: A CEO cannot be a calibrated interviewer for every role, so insisting on interviewing every candidate makes hiring worse rather than better. — tap to centre the map on it A CEO cannot be a calibratedinterviewer for every role, soinsisting on interviewing everycandidate makes hiring worse ratherthan better. Last stated 2 years ago 17 Dec 2024 CM Charity Majors — holds since 2024-12-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company hiring a designer is not hiring a politician or spokesperson, so it should just get into the design work. — tap to centre the map on it A company hiring a designer is nothiring a politician or spokesperson,so it should just get into thedesign work. Last stated 4 weeks ago 29 Sept 2026 DM Danny Martinez — holds since 2026-09-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company is not sensitive to the few thousand dollars a candidate is afraid to ask for, because the fully-loaded cost of employing them dwarfs it. — tap to centre the map on it A company is not sensitive to thefew thousand dollars a candidate isafraid to ask for, because thefully-loaded cost of employing themdwarfs it. Last stated 15 years ago 23 Jan 2012 PM Patrick McKenzie — holds since 2012-01-23 — tap for who they are
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At the centre When a system's incentives produce bad behaviour, the blame belongs entirely to whoever created the incentives. Last stated 25 Jan 2022 · 5 years ago Holds Marc Andreessen Read this korrent →