Not thinking through the implications of your actions is a form of externalized-risk leverage.

Like all leverage it allows you to go fast by taking on more danger.

But normal leverage only puts you in danger.

Whereas not thinking through the implications puts everyone affected by the negative second-order implications of your actions in danger.

For powerful entities, the indirect effects might primarily impact others.

You think you're going fast, but actually you're doing it primarily by externalizing the risk to others.^[qr][qs]