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I think the same mantra is also responsible for the rise in succes. It's an enormously attractive proposition to get paid a lot, work on world's largest dataset

I think the same mantra is also responsible for the rise in succes. It's an enormously attractive proposition to get paid a lot, work on world's largest dataset with world's most advanced hardware - while all doing good, akin to working for an NGO. The downside is that if you want to get rid of that proposition you're still stuck with a larger than average pool of idealistically driven employees. As for now one of the few companies I have the desire to work for is Apple due to their stance on privacy - though I find it difficult to completely respect them due to their stance on China, which is entirely conflicting with their western stance regarding privacy and ethics.

goatinaboat 7y ago
It's an enormously attractive proposition to get paid a lot, work on world's largest dataset with world's most advanced hardware - while all doing good The getting paid a lot is to entice people to do the mental gymnastics necessary to pretend what they do isn’t mere adtech.
- reroute1 7y ago
  Conversely you might want to consider the mental gymnastics required to pretend that all that people at google do is merely adtech.
guelo 7y ago
Apple's privacy marketing is bullshit considering China doesn't allow privacy.
- Zanneth 7y ago
  China is only one part of the world in which Apple does business. It is in Apple’s best interest to offer privacy as a feature to attract customers in other parts of the world where privacy is not illegal, since it is not something their competitors are yet capable of offering as well.
LordFast 7y ago
I hope that picking a side in the business world works out. Not sarcastically, but genuinely. But I have serious doubts, and it's not even really the default mantra of human nature or any of that jazz, more so just the fact that large-scale international business is so nuanced due to the differences in cultures and beliefs that I don't see the simplicity of having one side versus another working out very well in practice.
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goatinaboat 7y ago

It's an enormously attractive proposition to get paid a lot, work on world's largest dataset with world's most advanced hardware - while all doing good The getting paid a lot is to entice people to do the mental gymnastics necessary to pretend what they do isn’t mere adtech.

reroute1 7y ago
Conversely you might want to consider the mental gymnastics required to pretend that all that people at google do is merely adtech.

guelo 7y ago

Apple's privacy marketing is bullshit considering China doesn't allow privacy.

Zanneth 7y ago
China is only one part of the world in which Apple does business. It is in Apple’s best interest to offer privacy as a feature to attract customers in other parts of the world where privacy is not illegal, since it is not something their competitors are yet capable of offering as well.

LordFast 7y ago

I hope that picking a side in the business world works out. Not sarcastically, but genuinely. But I have serious doubts, and it's not even really the default mantra of human nature or any of that jazz, more so just the fact that large-scale international business is so nuanced due to the differences in cultures and beliefs that I don't see the simplicity of having one side versus another working out very well in practice.

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