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pixelbash on Nov 17, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Caltech Awards 10,000th PhD Degree

Personal observation - assuming everyone is out to get everyone else is a cultural thing that wasnt such a concern until quite recently. It's a bit like looking at certain phrases in common use 70 years ago and wondering why anyone would use them.

chrisseaton on Nov 17, 2020 [–]

You don’t have to assume everyone is out to get everyone, just that someone might possibly be out to get someone.

Also, whatever you assume, there are legal and moral obligations to protect information in any case.

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