CRITICISMS/GOSSIP Post from a friend on the destructive power of gossip really b

CRITICISMS/GOSSIP

Post from a friend on the destructive power of gossip really bothered me today. I sympathized.

I pretty much always have very good intentions. It’s just my nature from growing up in a hostile environment.

On the other hand, if I did not have good intentions, I would be a very scary person. And worse, I would be exceptionally good at it. “if I wanted to fuck you, then you’d never even know.”

Why? On the whole, people are not very smart.

So why not? On the whole, I want to protect them from evil.

What I have learned however, is that loyalty is rarely rewarded, and creativity is rarely acknowledge, and people universally give themselves disproportionate credit for group achievements.