"Specialization doesn't just split knowledge—it splits guilt. This is the Moral Assembly Line: everyone turns a screw, no one owns the machine, and when it crushes lives, they say, 'It wasn't me.'"
GM
Specialists are easy to use for evil.
Very well captured in this piece.
https://stylman.substack.com/p/everyone-was-just-doing-their-job
"Specialization doesn't just split knowledge—it splits guilt. This is the Moral Assembly Line: everyone turns a screw, no one owns the machine, and when it crushes lives, they say, 'It wasn't me.'"