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		renewiltord on Nov 17, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Caltech Awards 10,000th PhD Degree Presumably they multiplied the probability of this occurring with the damage caused and decided that it was lower than the benefit of the high-trust society.

chrisseaton on Nov 17, 2020 [–]

I don’t understand - don’t they have legal obligations to protect? Saying ‘but we trusted’ won’t work in a court.

renewiltord on Nov 17, 2020 | [–]

Sure, but the court won't make them pay unbounded damages.

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