Most mistakes are just plain stupid.

"I just wasn't thinking," we say. Stupid mistakes aren't intentional. But the genie is out of the bottle. The damage is done.

Sure, we can try to "minimize the damage" by claiming "we're only human" and dismiss it with "everybody makes mistakes." Not today. As the news makes clear, there's no place to hide. Everything is transparent. Both individuals and businesses suffer from the harm caused by stupid mistakes.

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