Blame & Accountability

So they the 21st of March 2026. And one of the things I really want to touch on is the difference between blame and accountability. So it would be, so to speak. Or blame and factoring which is really like the more accurate word that I want to use.

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So the thing about blame is, in any given situation or circumstance, anything that happens. Anything, uh, you know, any, any effect that is effectively driven by any cause is loaded onto one thing. 

So let's say, for example, if there's a glass of milk that's been left on the edge of a table, and then somebody walks and, you know, and unaware, unaware of their surroundings, they knock that glass of milk over. 

The blame is then, you know, you know, the cause of that result or the cause of that incident is then loaded onto one instance and that is the person who effectively, who effectively, um, Uh, the person who effectively just knocked the glass of milk over. Whereas with factoring, we are effectively taking notes. 

So, yes, the person did, you know, was unaware of, you know, the glass of milk that was on the edge of the table. But there was also a person who left the glass of milk on the edge of the table. It's not, you know, there's a very huge difference. 

You know, to think about blame is to almost like judge, to critique, to put it down, to criticise, to really put somebody in a prison where they, you know, feel, I suppose, not necessarily responsible, but, um, you know, at fault, you know, at fault, as in like, you know, not even at fault, but it's almost like they feel, um, demonised, you know, it's, you know, the whole point of blaming somebody is to demonise them, is to say that something is inherently wrong with who they are or what they do. 

But we're factoring. We are simply taking note and we are simply factoring what actually happened rather than looking at it from a position of demonising anyone or anything because something terrible has happened.