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Yeah but... that means the people who do take on this work will be the zealots who never doubt what they're doing. That's not to say that non-zealots should tak
by tomelders 8y ago
Yeah but... that means the people who do take on this work will be the zealots who never doubt what they're doing. That's not to say that non-zealots should take on this work to keep the zealots out. I'm just saying that we're screwed so long as there are no laws prohibiting governments for doing this sort of stuff, because there will always be devs willing to use their powers for evil.
- bigiain 8y agoThose zealots would do it anyway. If there's any correlation between non-zealot-developers and highly-effective-developers (which there may not be, but the optimist in me hope there is), then the world might be a better place as a result of this... (Note, I have been _tempted_ to take on work that fascinates be on a technical level, that I disagree with on an ethical level. I've never crossed my own personal ethical line there, but - without judging - I can see why the temptation succeeds for some people...)