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If SV has a true moral compass, that was so outraged by Travis Kalanick sitting on Trump's tech advisory board [1] they should be truly angry and outraged by Al
by salimmadjd 9y ago
If SV has a true moral compass, that was so outraged by Travis Kalanick sitting on Trump's tech advisory board [1] they should be truly angry and outraged by Alphabet and its leadership for this move.
Saudi Arabia, a country that has barbaric set of laws against women, and domestic workers [2] [3] which essentially the type of slavery we have not seen broadly in centuries.
A country with very negative human rights records [4] that should be sanctioned by UN [5]
It's so unthinkable that Alphabet, the "Don't be Evil" company would even consider that.
It does not even make business sense, as the country is in the midsts of internal clashes [6] and not very stable nor it has any human capital that can help google [7]
So, I'm lead to believe it's trading Saudi money for Google's brand to help create PR. So basically Google is used to promote evil!
[1]https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/feb/02/travis-kalanick-delete-uber-leaves-trump-council https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/feb/02/travis-ka...
[2] www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-34483504
[3] https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/9ae4qd/where-maids-are-treated-like-slaves https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/9ae4qd/where-maids-ar...
[4]https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2017/country-chapters/saudi-arabia https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2017/country-chapters/saudi...
[5] https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/12/19/its-time-un-sanction-saudi-arabias-crown-prince https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/12/19/its-time-un-sanction-sau...
[6] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-06/saudi-arabia-arrests-11-princes-protesting-over-bills-okaz-says https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-06/saudi-ara...
[7]https://www.researchgate.net/publication/296195348_Exploring_Recent_Saudi_Human_Capital_Development_Initiatives_An_Evaluation https://www.researchgate.net/publication/296195348_Exploring...
- lern_too_spel 9y ago> nor it has any human capital that can help google [7] You don't need very much skilled labor to run a data center. The data centers in South Carolina are running just fine. If Aramco is putting any money into this, they are getting swindled.