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1. banubis · 1790105550 · focus · HN ↗

   The pentagon says it was Palantir software’s fault, Palantir says it was the fault of bad data input to their software. Where’s the accountability by both organizations? How did we get to a world where military decisions leading to innocent deaths are responded to as if it was just another miscommunication implementing a B2B SaaS platform.

   1. hyperhello · 1790106456 · focus · HN ↗

      Small children often develop coping mechanisms for their lack of agency. It may be part of these people’s worldview since early childhood that anyone who opposes them should magically die.

      1. paimapi · 1790111179 · focus · HN ↗

         *anti-social coping mechanisms

         you can also develop pro-social coping mechanisms like open-mindedly talking to someone who opposes you and trying to understand their worldview because you trust that it might expand your own

         but, yeah, I doubt pro-social traits are common at the top of any hyperstrict hierarchical organization like the USAF

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