6. Is Incompetence a Form of Dishonesty?

No Stupid Questions

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🗓️ 22 June 2020

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Also: should we all have personal mission statements?

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0:00.0	I haven't spiraled yet and I'm pretty old.
0:02.2	Just make it a few more years and you'll be good.
0:04.7	Yeah.
0:06.1	I'm just running out the clock now.
0:07.9	Yeah.
0:09.1	Hi.
0:10.1	I'm Antelod Duckworth.
0:11.2	I'm Stephen Dubner.
0:12.2	And you're listening to no stupid questions.
0:15.6	Today on the show, is it immoral to slack off at work
0:19.4	when others are depending on you to do a good job?
0:21.9	I had a tiny bit of authority as an umpire of a minor
0:26.5	literally game and I exploited it for my own benefit.
0:30.6	Also, how valuable is it to have a personal mission statement?
0:34.5	That sounds like a marketing scam.
0:36.1	I can sell you one and it comes with a set of steak knives.
0:41.3	Antelod Duckworth, I have what may be a truly stupid question, but this is the one place
0:46.9	I'm allowed to ask it.
0:48.4	That's right.
0:50.2	So here goes.
0:51.2	I just believe as I do that incompetence is often a form of dishonesty and I can spell
0:57.5	out further what I mean by that if you'd like.
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