One of the hardest things I've had to come to terms with is that there really is no punishment for being a terrible person, as long as being terrible leads to professional success. We simply aren't coordinated enough to sanction them. Got to be good just for the fun of it.
Oct 15, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Anti-social Punishment — LessWrong
Why do some societies exhibit more antisocial punishment than others? Martin explores both some literature on the subject, and his own experience liv…
ICE, CBP Officers Prefer To Sexually Assault Children When Committing Crimes
The “worst of the worst” are coming for the “worst of the worst.” Of course, this administration has completely given up on this pretense, despite sending out lots of noisy …
This Professor Has a Theory on Why 2017 Is Filled With Jerks
According to Robert Sutton, the problem of “disrespectful, demeaning, and downright mean-spirited behavior” is “worse than ever.”
Refusing to Be the Victim – How to Adopt a “Player” Mindset at Work
You can’t expect others to fix your problems. When you take responsibility for making the best of any situation, you have the power to make things better.
Worst of the Worst: 152 Sexually and Physically Abusive ICE and Border Agents
Wikipedia:Long-term abuse
This page summarises a limited number of long term abusers, to assist members of the community who believe they may have cause to report another incident. Note that this page is not a noticeboard. Names should only be added for the most egregious and well-attested cases. Most users here will have been banned, some on multiple occasions.
The Deaths of Effective Altruism
Sam Bankman-Fried is finally facing punishment. Let’s also put his ruinous philosophy on trial.
Breaking a Child’s Will
The Evangelical family’s twisted obsession with corporal punishment.
Why Elite White-Collar Criminals Are Rarely Punished
White-collar criminals benefit from institutionalized non-enforcement practices, regulatory policies, and legal representation not available to street criminals.
Punished by Victor M Rios | East Bay Booksellers
Honorable Mention, 2014 Eduardo Bonilla-Silva Outstanding Book Award presented by the Society for the Study of Social Problems2012 Best Book Award, Latino/a Sociology Section, presented by the American Sociological Association2012 Finalist, C.
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The Worst Programmer I Know
The great thing about measuring developer productivity is that you can quickly identify the bad programmers. I want to tell you about the worst programmer I know, and why I fought to keep him in the team.
Giving Altruism a Bad Name
Effective Altruism’s metrics-driven model of philanthropy is elitist, condescending and — most damning of all — extremely ineffective.
Via Negativa: The Process of Making Good Decisions By Eliminating Bad Ones
When we set goals—both personal and professional—we tend to focus on what we should do, rather than focussing on what we should avoid. Humans naturally know more about what is wrong, what is bad, what is harmful, or what won’t work, more than they know about what is right and what would work.
Welcome To One Of The Most Humane Prisons In The World
"Treat people like dirt, and they will be dirt. Treat them like human beings, and they will act like human beings."
Norms of behavior? Shielding proven misconduct? Just because you burry it @maastrichtu.bsky.social, does not change the truth! Well, he (the dean) partly succeeded with his threats because my UK university indeed dismissed me.
