I’ve dated women who held … high opinions of their nightstand companion. If pressed, I’d probably take them more seriously than him, but there’s a logical part of me that feels they aren’t terribly different - anthropomorphized mechanical endorphin scratchers for particular receptors.

Given my experience closely adjacent to similar things elsewhere, I think there are predictable questions of management from the top quashing corrections (which is separate from the article’s text that states the error began and end with the executive) and people fearing for their jobs not whistleblowing or just following orders.

The bank failed because the glove didn’t fit so all the investors their assets acquit.

I mean you say that, but what if the manual override malfunctions and accidentally stops my murderous killbots? I would be so embarrassed.

No. Any time a senior official or corporate type “steps down,” it’s to protect their resume. They didn’t quit, they didn’t vote for the bad thing, they didn’t lose, they didn’t oversee a 10% YoY decrease in sales in steak as veganism overtook the country, whatever - it’s entirely a calculation to keep a resume that is only associated with success.

And I’m not saying that to be partisan here - I’ve seen politicians on both sides escape scandal, as well as some corporate officers avoid litigation, by “taking time to spend with family,” etc.,. I am not suggesting PR was facing scandal - AFAIK his maneuver was just staying ahead of headwinds.