To perpetrate mass violence, you actually don't need to be evil and you definitely don't need to be a genius. All you need is power. Disregard is much more common, much more insidious, and therefore much more dangerous than malice.
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Puff the Magic Hater
Years ago, after the Cambridge Analytica scandal, I interviewed a former fb employee, and I remember her continually emphasizing that these tech bros weren't evil geniuses, but were, in fact, dangerous because they were utterly clueless, totally reckless, and had too much power.
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