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I fundamentally disagree. Ethical consumption is a cop-out, especially for those who have means (most people on this site). Real integrity comes from ethical p
by firstplacelast 8y ago
I fundamentally disagree. Ethical consumption is a cop-out, especially for those who have means (most people on this site).
Real integrity comes from ethical production. Place your time and skills towards companies and projects that at the very least do not make the world worse. And if you can't do that, I do not think you get to get on a soap box and talk about how great you are because you shop for local produce, eat vegan, and drive an electric car.
Everyone is as evil as their most sociopathic executive, you both contribute to the same bottom line but the employee sells out for less.
- ThrustVectoring 8y agoI'm not saying to choose what projects to work on or what companies to work for in a impact-on-society neutral way. I'm saying that once you've decided that doing X is the best thing to do, then having the politics be considered "settled" by everyone involved is a great way to stop wasting resources on politics in favor of getting the shared goal done.
- dredmorbius 8y agoI would think it's quite premature to consider numerous courses of action in tech, particularly concerning privavy, surveillance, speech, and allocation of benefits, settled. This sounds much like someone prefering to shut down such debate. By contrast, prolonging and deliberately promoting uncertainty, as in the cases of leaded painr]t & petrol, asbestos, tobacco, CFCs, and now CO2 emissions, shows the other face. Determining good faith seems a key.