Ambition, when attached to selfishness and competency, can quickly become net bad for the surroundinging system.

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  • Ambition, when attached to selfishness and competency, can quickly become net bad for the surroundinging system.
    • Slytherin for example is ambitious.
    • Ambition unchecked by shame will take shortcuts with significant externalities.
    • Imagine a choice in front of you.
      • One way is the right way.
        • You take a personal penalty.
      • The other way is a shortcut, with externalities.
        • But no one will ever know you did it.
      • How big must the externality be before you don't take it?
        • Everyone has a threshold.
        • Some people's thresholds are significantly lower than other people's.