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They have some sociopaths focusing purely on making a buck at the expense of people's lives working for them, would be the way I look at. Brilliant marketing to

They have some sociopaths focusing purely on making a buck at the expense of people's lives working for them, would be the way I look at. Brilliant marketing to me is just abusing our evolutionary baggage and manipulation.

ryan-allen 7y ago
In Australia here, gambling is a bit of a problem across the country, but the governments make so much tax revenue it is allowed to continue. I know someone who works for one of the big betting companies here. He writes software that aids in direct targeting of problem gamblers based on their social profiles and anything else they can get their hands on. Pushing drugs is bad but pushing gambling is totally legal. Suffice to say I'm not a huge fan of said bloke, I think you're selling your soul to the devil, so to speak.
- danieltillett 7y ago
  I hope he is hopeless.
WheelsAtLarge 7y ago
Well ya. When your company's product is a net minus for society then you have to wonder about the ethics of everyone involved. Ya, they're doing it for the bux with little care for the consequences.
- malka 7y ago
  I honestly think that the People choosing to work for big tobbaco should be killed. All of them. They purposely push poison onto us.
  - SkyBelow 7y ago
    Seems a bit extreme. I imagine that one could easily extend this logic to apply to almost any group. Anyone making anything but the healthier foods tastier or cheaper. Any innovation that enables laziness. People who build elevators. Pretty much all of IT.
honestoHeminway 7y ago
Can be a good hacker, and still be a black hat.
kmlx 7y ago
"a buck at the expense of people's lives working for them" their employees? any source?
- Spare_account 7y ago
  I believe that the phrasing made the sentence confusing. "They have some sociopaths working for them whose focus is purely on making a buck at the expense of consumer's lives"
  - kmlx 7y ago
    hmm, makes more sense, thank you. although nicotine is less harmful than cigarettes, the spirit of that comment rings true: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4363846/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4363846/

ryan-allen 7y ago

In Australia here, gambling is a bit of a problem across the country, but the governments make so much tax revenue it is allowed to continue. I know someone who works for one of the big betting companies here. He writes software that aids in direct targeting of problem gamblers based on their social profiles and anything else they can get their hands on. Pushing drugs is bad but pushing gambling is totally legal. Suffice to say I'm not a huge fan of said bloke, I think you're selling your soul to the devil, so to speak.

danieltillett 7y ago
I hope he is hopeless.

WheelsAtLarge 7y ago

Well ya. When your company's product is a net minus for society then you have to wonder about the ethics of everyone involved. Ya, they're doing it for the bux with little care for the consequences.

malka 7y ago
I honestly think that the People choosing to work for big tobbaco should be killed. All of them. They purposely push poison onto us.
- SkyBelow 7y ago
  Seems a bit extreme. I imagine that one could easily extend this logic to apply to almost any group. Anyone making anything but the healthier foods tastier or cheaper. Any innovation that enables laziness. People who build elevators. Pretty much all of IT.

honestoHeminway 7y ago

Can be a good hacker, and still be a black hat.

kmlx 7y ago

"a buck at the expense of people's lives working for them" their employees? any source?

Spare_account 7y ago
I believe that the phrasing made the sentence confusing. "They have some sociopaths working for them whose focus is purely on making a buck at the expense of consumer's lives"
- kmlx 7y ago
  hmm, makes more sense, thank you. although nicotine is less harmful than cigarettes, the spirit of that comment rings true: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4363846/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4363846/