12∞ · Question 11.1.10
How much harm has been done by people who were just following incentives?
Most of it. The slave trade, dangerous factories, and fraudulent finance were sustained mainly by ordinary people doing what was profitable, expected, and legal at the time.
From the book 12∞ Twelve to Infinity by D.R. Davenport. The full answer is free to read with an iBelieve account.
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- 11: How Humanity Got Here
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- 11.1: The Roots
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