alt Hacker NewsNobody says the phrase when they are calling people to look at a system's incentives. They use the phrase as a response to personal criticism excusing and rationalizing their own bad behavior.
It is a deflection of personal responsibility, full stop.
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rcxdude • today at 3:27 PM
And yet changing the game generally has better results than trying to change the players.
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That's objectively false, with the article in question being example #1.