Most Dysfunction Is Design, Not Malice

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When a system produces bad outcomes, the instinct is to find the bad actor. But more often, the structure itself is the culprit — incentives quietly shape behavior while we look for villains. Munger's move is to audit the design first, because fixing incentives fixes behavior; blaming people doesn't.

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