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Cultivating politicians as users is a clever way to avoid being outlawed.
by pg 16y ago
Cultivating politicians as users is a clever way to avoid being outlawed.
- anigbrowl 16y agoAn astute point. Do you have philosophical deal-breakers that influence your investment decisions, or treat it strictly as an economic variable?
- pg 16y agoYes, there have been things we didn't invest in because we thought they were too evil. We don't have any actual policies about it though; we decide case by case.
- vidar 16y agoCan you say at least what the field was (naming names would be cruel)?
- anigbrowl 16y agoA lot of HN discussions relating to business ethics revolve around narrow questions of law, politics, and economic imperatives, as applied to some company in the news. A future article on how successful investors with different perspectives arrive at a consensus on these issues would be most interesting, as would hindsight into what 'evil' ideas have common, if anything.
- lsc 16y agoI know I'm late to the game, and it's really more of a full on essay than a comment, but I would be really interested to hear about your moral framework; how you decide what is "evil" and how you integrate that into your business decisions. It's something we all have struggled with at some point or another. I think an essay from you on the subject would be quite interesting.
- nkassis 16y agountil they see destroying you as an opportunity to gain voters. As more media attention gets shun on this type of stuff, it won't be long before some politician sees this as a good opportunity. I guess, twitpic and about.com are now going on my shit list.