It’s Not Enough to Be Right – You Also Have to Be Kind
&gt;<i>Some people might say that young Bezos did nothing wrong. They’re just facts, and the truth hurts. How else do you expect someone to recognize the seriousness of what they’re doing to themselves? There’s something to that, but it captures the central conceit of a dangerous assumption we seem to have made as a culture these days: that being right is a license to be a total, unrepentant asshole. After all, why would you need to repent if you haven’t committed the ultimate sin of being wrong? Some say there’s no reason to care about other people’s feelings if the facts are on your side.</i><p>People do believe the above, but if one thinks rationally (Vulcan style) about it, it&#x27;s a bizarro idea.<p>What would be the logical necessity be that makes it OK &quot;not to care about other people’s feelings if the facts are on your side&quot;?<p>What matters to people is what people decide that matters. Whether that&#x27;s the facts or the delivery of the facts or your tone etc, is a subjective decision.<p>So why would a 100% logical person assume that being correct should trump everything else? It&#x27;s an illogical conclusion to arrive at. By what logical reasoning &#x2F; axiomatic induction etc did they conclude that being correct is enough?<p>I say there&#x27;s none. Instead it&#x27;s their prejudice towards accuracy and correctness that makes them consider so. In other words, those people think they&#x27;re logical in that assumption (that being right trumps your tone&#x2F;delivery&#x2F;etc), but they&#x27;re just all too human...