The Blindspot: Extreme Incentives
There is a blindspot hidden in this behaviour we all have, to see others mistakes instantly but not our own.
High incentives and other motivations are invisible, but everyone is susceptible to them. Incentives cloud our judgement, morality and often prompt us to do things that are not really moral, and we then end up justifying them.
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