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But others didn't start with "Do No Evil" motto (transformed now into "Do the Right Thing").
by kushti 9y ago
But others didn't start with "Do No Evil" motto (transformed now into "Do the Right Thing").
- notyourday 9y agoIt really should say: "Lay with the dogs, wake up with the fleas"
- KGIII 9y agoTo be fair, it doesn't say for whom it is the right thing.
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- bistro 9y agoGoogle's motto was never "do no evil". Previously, it was "don't be evil".
- _pmf_ 9y ago> Google's motto was never "do no evil". Previously, it was "don't be evil" They should probably use a motto that derives from Dungeons and Dragons' lawful/neutral/chaotic good/neutral/evil alignment system, just so we can be sure. Google would be lawful evil whereas Uber would be chaotic evil.
- Raphmedia 9y ago"Don't be chaotic".
- isoskeles 9y agoWhat's "evil" here?
- waisbrot 9y agoIn D&D's alignment system "evil" is close to "selfish". A lawful-good company would try to promote better security for all users. A chaotic-good company would tank the search-rankings of anyone who didn't implement better security. A lawful-evil company would track your every move and offer an opt-out system. A chaotic-evil company would have the opt-out form do nothing.
- wavefunction 9y agoSoon to be "Just Do It" with "It" for unspecified moralities.
- pgodzin 9y agoGoogle's still is "Don't be evil", Alphabet's is "Do the Right Thing"
- Chaebixi 9y ago> Alphabet's is "Do the Right Thing" For the shareholders, of course. Does anyone else even matter?
- matt4077 9y agoIsn't this, like, cynicism completely decoupled from reality? Google invests a lot of money and time in a myriad of projects with altruistic motivation. Google summer of code, $100 Million per year for non-profits, OSS releases such as tensorflow or Chrome, google.org and on and on. Of course you can say that this is motivated by PR objectives. But then you're creating a situation where they couldn't do anything right. Many of their regular products also straddle the border to altruism. Google Scholar doesn't seem to bring in much money, yet it's one of the most important tools for research. Electric, and self-drivings cars seem to be obvious wins for both the shareholder and humanity etc. etc. They've also created the model for the modern workplace: rooted first and foremost in trusting people to do the right thing, and letting follow their interest to a degree previously only seen at Bell Labs and similar institutions of a lost era. And where Bell Labs was possible because Bell was raking an incredible amount of money, Google has turned the causality around: their free-wheeling embrace of creativity is seem the world 'round as a reason for their success.
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- kobeya 9y agoThey're not going to invest in things that might disintermedate themselves.
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- gaius 9y agoThat's a common misconception. It was really "do know evil".
- quickben 9y agoAt first I chuckled. Then I recalled few stories.