Hanlon’s Razor: “Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.”

Hanlon’s Razor is a useful mental model which can be best summarized as:

‘Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by neglect.’

Hanlon’s Razor

Hanlon’s razor is a mental safeguard against the temptation to label behavior as malicious when incompetence is the most common response. It’s a reminder that people are not out to get you, and it’s best to assume good faith and resist the urge to assign sinister motives without overwhelming evidence.

This isn’t to say that genuine... See more