The Financial Ledger Theory of Apologies — LessWrong
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x The Financial Ledger Theory of Apologies — LessWrong Rationality Frontpage 49 The Financial Ledger Theory of Apologies by Ben Pace 17th Jun 2026 5 min read 19 49 Content note: this is written as part of a daily writing challenge for myself. I have a comrade in rationalist event organizing, who once explained his theory of apologies. He said if you hurt someone, it only makes sense to apologize if you should have known better . If, looking back, you see that you should have run different heuristics, or followed different policies, and you had enough information to know it at the time, then yo
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