If you&#x27;re making cider, then a &quot;bad apple&quot; is essential.<p>I&#x27;m not making this up as I go along. Almost four years ago I wrote (<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;hintjens.com&#x2F;blog:18" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;hintjens.com&#x2F;blog:18</a>) &quot;The Economics of Evil&quot; explaining why bad actors (I used &quot;bad guy&quot; in that post) were necessary (so &quot;good&quot; overall).<p>Nothing radical here. Predators are bad for individual prey animals yet essential for the health of the prey species.<p>I&#x27;m curious what you are trying to argue here because while this is interesting stuff, it seems quite random.