It’s about thinking through the repercussions of your work and the fruits of your labors. This is not a new concept, but it’s nice to see people realizing that

It’s about thinking through the repercussions of your work and the fruits of your labors. This is not a new concept, but it’s nice to see people realizing that they have a responsibility their inventions. People in tech make things more efficient, easier, cheaper. When tech skills are applied to weapons systems, those systems start to get terrifying —the machine does more of the work and it’s better, faster and cheaper. If you make a weapon that makes it easier and cheaper to kill it will be used to do just that. Once the invention leaves the creators hands the inventor gives up the power of choice and can not control if it is used for good or for evil (putting aside for the moment, the question of if it’s possible to kill for good). Is that who you are? Are you a maker of terrible weapons? I can only answer for myself. I have the aptitude, but that’s not who I want to be. I’m not a pacifist, I have anger and fear and the urge to escalate in response to perceived injustice just like anyone else. But I make the conscious effort not to do violence, and not to create weapons. By doing that I decide that’s not who I am. I don’t presume to answer for you, but I encourage everyone at least think it through and decide for themselves.