Re:Modern Malaise
by MichaelZuo on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @11:34AM
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Leveraging other people’s work doesn’t invalidate your own work…
Even if assuming the ‘leverage’ is of overriding importance, Isn’t it fairly obvious that in this example the general could also make the wrong decision which will also leverage the work of millions, missile builders and so on, to a very negative outcome?
If that occurs, do the millions of folks who worked directly on some aspect bear collective responsibility? And the general’s decision then becomes inconsequential in the mass of millions of other decisions?
Your line of reasoning leads to an absurd conclusion in which no one’s decisions can have a disproportionate impact.
It's still the same thing: Taking credit for other people's work and claiming it as your own. It's also probably a good reason to democratize decision making when there's a lot on the line. Because, ultimately, everyone suffers from the bad decisions that people in power make.