Incentive Blindness

Incentive Blindness

A vibrant, texture-heavy expressionist painting by Chris Cook, titled 'Was Blind, Now See,' featuring a figure with dynamic, blocky brushstrokes against a dark background.

Most unethical behaviour is never hidden

It’s always seen and ignored

People don’t look away because they are immoral

They look away because noticing is costly

Seeing the truth can threaten status, belonging, progress

So the mind protects itself

Unethical becomes normal

Wrong becomes necessary

And silence becomes reasonable

This isn’t just weakness

It’s motivated reasoning

Sifting out truths too costly to face

ESSENCE

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Chris Cook

Chris Cook

Conceptual surrealist digital art by Viktoria Kosinskaya, titled 'Emptiness (2025),' showing a faceless figure in a yellow jacket next to abstract, organic forms on a green background.

Emptiness © 2025 Viktoria Kosinskaya

Minimalist black and white stippled ink drawing by Moonassi, 'Untitled (2016),' depicting a stylized figure where two human silhouettes emerge from the face and neck.

Untitled, 2016 by Moonassi

Iconic surrealist oil painting by René Magritte, 'Not to Be Reproduced (1937),' showing a man looking into a mirror, with the reflection also showing the back of his head.

Not to Be Reproduced, 1937 by René Magritte

An intense, high-contrast monochrome artwork by Bill Stone, titled 'Stomp (2008),' focusing on the rough textures of a figure's boots and clothing against a dark, abstract background.

Stomp, 2008 by Bill Stone