Because I'm a nice person, and want to give other nice people the benefit of the doubt. And most businesses are run by people after all, not hard to imagine at least some of them would be "nice people" too.
replyAnd frankly, the alternative would be too mentally taxing. So in the camp of "Good until proven otherwise" is where I remain for now.
Keep in mind that an organization made of fairly nice people may do terribly not-nice things. "Just doing my job" is a hell of a drug.
reply want to give other nice people the benefit of the doubt
> Maybe the most naive, sheltered thing I've read on this site
replyYou must be new then, welcome :)
I'm not saying I never believe any individuals in a company intentionally do bad stuff, just that I require evidence of it being intention before I assume it to be intentional. Personally I don't think that's naive, and it is based on ~30-40 years of real world life experience, but I guess I'm ultimately happy that not everyone agrees on everything :)
Just came to say (since the person you’re responding to has a different view of the world) that I agree with you that this is both a more accurate, and easier way to live.
Assuming malice as the default sounds like a recipe for being very, very unhappy.
replyThis attitude of ignoring what is true in favour of what makes you happy is exactly how corporations made up of mostly good people can do bad things.
replyHumans are great at hiding evidence of malice, and leading people to believe they're just incompetent.
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