> I'd argue that being able to deal with the consequences of the results (e.g. the social consequences of ads and posts in the 2016 election, or leaking private

> I'd argue that being able to deal with the consequences of the results (e.g. the social consequences of ads and posts in the 2016 election, or leaking private conversations, or hitting pedestrians from today's HN front page) The same way you can argue that the constructions and architeture also have social consequences both positive and negative but the engineers and architects are responsible only for the physical structure.