Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect.

You read a newspaper article about a topic you know well, and notice that the journalist got many things wrong — facts, interpretations, conclusions.

You turn the page to an article about a topic you don’t know well, and assume it's accurate — despite just seeing how unreliable the reporting can be.

You sit in a meeting where the boss and her minions plot how to circumvent doing the right thing to achieve their outcome.

You spend the rest of your time at work accepting the mission, values, and policy statements - despite witnessing how the boss really thinks.

You’re the boss and you hold meetings where you encourage your minions to circumvent doing the right thing to achieve your outcome.

You’re the boss and you look out into your staff meetings, perplexed as to why everyone appears so jaded.

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