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Nedarim 88 · Startup voice, On-ramp
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Hook
Founders are obsessed with the "unintended consequence." You build a feature to solve a friction point, but it creates a compliance nightmare. You create a bonus structure to incentivize growth, but it ends up cannibalizing your margin. You are constantly dealing with the "unintentional killer" in your business—the move you made with good intent that triggered a disaster you didn’t see coming.
The Gemara in Nedarim 88 presents a classic forensic debate between Rava, Rabbi Yehuda, and Rabbi Meir regarding the "unintentional killer." They aren’t debating whether the killing was bad—they are debating the boundaries of responsibility. Specifically, does "not seeing" (blindness/ignorance) excuse you from the consequences of your actions, or does it include you in the burden of the law?
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