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Re:Why Do Keynote Speakers Keep Suggesting That Improving Se... by barry-cotter on Friday August 17, 2018 @09:24PM (#17786412)
If you’re trying to explain the behaviour of unusually, upstanding moral people sure. If you’re trying to deal with anything larger than a small and highly committed group no.

> there are three classes of humans 1) those who will throw the rock at you with the mob 2) those who will not throw the rock and avert their eyes 3) those who will speak out against throwing the rocks

> the ratio is probably 90:9:1

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Re:Why Do Keynote Speakers Keep Suggesting That Improving Se... by iainmerrick on Saturday August 18, 2018 @05:31AM (#17787668)
I’d be a little more optimistic and put the ratio at more like 9:90:1.

We don’t typically go around continually throwing actual rocks at each other, so it is possible to make progress on these issues.

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Re:Why Do Keynote Speakers Keep Suggesting That Improving Se... by barry-cotter on Saturday August 18, 2018 @05:49AM (#17787725)
https://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2015/03/new-york-times-...

The author of the tweet quoted was speaking metaphorically based on his own experience. Virtually no one supported him publicly when he needed it.

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