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Yes, absolutely.
by iamaelephant 7y ago
Yes, absolutely.
- Frondo 7y agoI would like to expand on this, because I think it's a nice quip but the answer should be more nuanced. If Facebook is generally considered harmful (i.e. to society), and if they know that it's considered harmful, and they continue to work there, putting their limited time on earth to growing, enhancing, improving a service that is harmful, then they are bad people. They can be good family people, good for their communities, but bad for society at large. Being good mothers and fathers, volunteering for neighborhood garbage cleanups, helping out in their church or mosque, that doesn't make their day job work not bad, or make them not bad for doing the harmful day job work. They can be both. I for one couldn't look my children in the eye each night and say, "I did something harmful for society today, that is what afforded you a new Switch."
- iamaelephant 7y ago> the answer should be more nuanced. Not it shouldn't. We know that these companies are morally corrupt. When you sell your time to help grow these companies you are also morally corrupt. Simples.
- starpilot 7y agoDoes that include Yann LeCun?
- chillacy 7y agoOr John Carmack as of a few months ago
- Frondo 7y agoI agree they're corrupt, I was trying to explain that you can be a good family man, a nice volunteer in your local soup kitchen, whatever, and still be a Bad Person for supporting a that's bad for society.