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This is impossible. When the very technology you work on is employed in entirely political ways (i.e. dragonfly), you cannot separate work from the world.

coryfklein 6y ago
Cash is a technology that is one of the biggest enablers of drug trafficking and child prostitution. Does this serve as an argument for employees of the Treasury Department (which prints and mints said cash) to engage in politics in the workplace? Much of technology is agnostic to politics, and enables much evil and good alike. This does not, in my mind, serve as justification for technology creators to intertwine politics with the creation of said technology.
- Apocryphon 6y ago
  Yes, if it will bring about more regulations and protections. https://www.wsj.com/articles/treasury-plugs-gap-in-anti-money-laundering-regulations-11600680611 https://www.wsj.com/articles/treasury-plugs-gap-in-anti-mone...
  - dirtyoldmick 6y ago
    Yes! More government regulations are exactly what I want to deal with at work. There aren't nearly enough.
- pm90 6y ago
  This is quite Amusing, because the treasury department is involved in efforts to prevent human trafficking: https://home.treasury.gov/news/featured-stories/combatting-human-trafficking https://home.treasury.gov/news/featured-stories/combatting-h...
  - coryfklein 6y ago
    Which is a good and laudable thing! But you're talking about the place the Treasure Department has in advocating for political positions that are inline with it's mission. I'm talking about whether Bob the coin stamp machine operator holds responsibility for building a technology that is, in some cases, used for nefarious purposes. Bob doesn't want to be accosted by Richard from accounting because he doesn't do enough to advocate for anti-money laundering political causes or senatorial candidates. Bob just wants to show up and do his job.
qchris 6y ago
Hey, I've been writing on planning an article discussing some components of open-source and ethics, and I would really love to use a (variation) of your sentence. Would you mind if I did that, and if so, would you like me to include some form of direct attribution to you? You can find my email in my profile.

coryfklein 6y ago

Cash is a technology that is one of the biggest enablers of drug trafficking and child prostitution. Does this serve as an argument for employees of the Treasury Department (which prints and mints said cash) to engage in politics in the workplace? Much of technology is agnostic to politics, and enables much evil and good alike. This does not, in my mind, serve as justification for technology creators to intertwine politics with the creation of said technology.

Apocryphon 6y ago
Yes, if it will bring about more regulations and protections. https://www.wsj.com/articles/treasury-plugs-gap-in-anti-money-laundering-regulations-11600680611 https://www.wsj.com/articles/treasury-plugs-gap-in-anti-mone...
- dirtyoldmick 6y ago
  Yes! More government regulations are exactly what I want to deal with at work. There aren't nearly enough.
pm90 6y ago
This is quite Amusing, because the treasury department is involved in efforts to prevent human trafficking: https://home.treasury.gov/news/featured-stories/combatting-human-trafficking https://home.treasury.gov/news/featured-stories/combatting-h...
- coryfklein 6y ago
  Which is a good and laudable thing! But you're talking about the place the Treasure Department has in advocating for political positions that are inline with it's mission. I'm talking about whether Bob the coin stamp machine operator holds responsibility for building a technology that is, in some cases, used for nefarious purposes. Bob doesn't want to be accosted by Richard from accounting because he doesn't do enough to advocate for anti-money laundering political causes or senatorial candidates. Bob just wants to show up and do his job.

qchris 6y ago

Hey, I've been writing on planning an article discussing some components of open-source and ethics, and I would really love to use a (variation) of your sentence. Would you mind if I did that, and if so, would you like me to include some form of direct attribution to you? You can find my email in my profile.