The Daily Stoic - Is it Evil or Incompetence?

Episode Date: October 19, 2022

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of history's greatest men and women. For more you can visit us dailystowup.com. People do a lot of things that feel mean, that frustrate us, that cause problems for us, that make the world a worse place. They vote for bad politicians, to say offensive things, they make messes, they mess stuff up.

Naturally, our first instinct is to get upset about this. We want to confront them about it, to hold them fully accountable for the consequences of their behavior. But it's worth stepping back and asking yourself first. Are they really fully accountable? Dating back at least a couple hundred years, we have the so-called Hanlon's razor

that states we should never attribute to malice will can easily be attributed to stupidity, meaning that most of the bad things people do are not done out of evil, but simple incompetence. Not everyone is as well educated as you, not everyone was raised to be responsible like you were, not everyone is as talented as you, and it is this that explains most errors, most bad driving, and most of the litter you see on the street. Remember this is what Marcus Aurelius was trying to say in the famous opening passage of

meditations. Yes, we will bump into obnoxious self-centered and rude people today, but it's not because they're bad or worth less than we are. It's because they don't yet know any better, because they have been left behind or deprived. And if we can remember this, we won't be so angered by it and it won't ruin our day. It's going to take all our patience and preparation to hold on to this, but it will be worth it.

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