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0 pointsfolli8y ago0 comments

For Amazon (and equally large companies) I usually tempted to put the proverb "don't attribute to malice which is adequately explained by stupidity" on its head. There's definitely a financial reason behind this.

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oconnor6638y ago

I'd hasten to add "don't attribute to stupidity what is adequately explained by people having to deal with more than one problem at the same time."

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0 pointsfolli8y ago0 comments

For Amazon (and equally large companies) I usually tempted to put the proverb "don't attribute to malice which is adequately explained by stupidity" on its head. There's definitely a financial reason behind this.

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oconnor6638y ago

I'd hasten to add "don't attribute to stupidity what is adequately explained by people having to deal with more than one problem at the same time."

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