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Of course we are, we get paid to sell out those beneath us for a dollar. I liked to think I was helping people in my younger years but as I got more and more i
by WrtCdEvrydy 6y ago
Of course we are, we get paid to sell out those beneath us for a dollar.
I liked to think I was helping people in my younger years but as I got more and more involved in ad tech, we just optimize for maximum profit no matter what else.
- ashtonkem 6y agoAs tech is one of those areas where there are a lot of moral compromises. I’d love to say that there are a ton of websites creating a good product and selling it, but most sadly depend on ad tech to survive.
- moksly 6y agoAutomation and efficiency isn’t inherently bad things though. If all the time and shit work you free up goes toward something useful and not just shareholders pockets then you’ve likely improved the world. It’s up for your society to decide how it wants to distribute the rewards of its labour. I’m not a Marxist by the way, I’m simply Scandinavian.
- cambalache 6y agoI agree with you, but sometimes I wonder if the big share of efficiency gains goes to a select few, somehow efficiency make society worst, at least from an equality point of view. That is what happened in the last 50 years in many countries. Sure you can buy a cheap Android phone for less than 1 day salary, but go buy a house. health insurance, retirement and send 2 kids to college with just one (or even 2) middle class salaries.
- melvinram 6y ago> Of course we are ... more involved in ad tech Not all tech is ad tech. Please don't lump all tech into your statement of "get paid to sell out those beneath us for a dollar".
- luckylion 6y agoThe cynical response is probably that all tech is either ad tech, uses ad tech or builds things used by ad tech. You don't really need ad tech to make that statement about selling out those beneath you applicable for most tech though. Work on self-driving cars? Good bye to people earning money driving cars. Yes, you can rationalize that by saying "no, we're just automating what can be automated to free human productivity and make sure their capacity isn't wasted on these trivial tasks", but this isn't Star Trek and they won't be freed from driving cars, they'll be out of a job. Yes, there are exceptions, but yes, they are exceptions.
- paledot 6y agoWhile also saving thousands of lives a year. Morally, the calculus works.