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feralimal 6y ago
Is that a joke? I don't care what Harvard has to say about Ethics! Harvard!! The educators of the master administrative class. That ethically outsourced all of the jobs to the rest of the world. It says: Code of Ethics As an ACM member I will .... Contribute to society and human well-being. Avoid harm to others. Be honest and trustworthy. Be fair and take action not to discriminate. Honor property rights including copyrights and patent. Give proper credit for intellectual property. Respect the privacy of others. Honor confidentiality. Fine words! But take a look at the first - "Contribute to society and human well-being." Contribute to 'society'. 'Society' is a fiction. Its not a real thing - its an idea in people's heads. You could just as easily say contribute to stones. People are the only thing doing the experiencing. Individuals. You can say 'society', but this just a way of avoiding talking about and to individuals. Ethics questions are for the individual to work out. And it takes work! And the worst thing is that everyone thinks they know what they mean. That they are ethical. That its others that need the educating!
feralimal 6y ago
If you haven't worked out that governance is more than the political class by now, we don't have much hope! Educational institutions are as much a part of the problem as media institutions, as politicians, as we are ourselves. In fact, they are probably the worst - taking children and teaching them that the government is good, it loves them, that they are not slaves. When government is slavery. And it takes a lot for an individual to turn around and point the finger at themselves, accept some of the blame and make a change. Most will take the ethic-free paycheck, rather than start to consider how their effort is creating a dystopian future for us all.

Is that a joke? I don't care what Harvard has to say about Ethics! Harvard!! The educators of the master administrative class. That ethically outsourced all of the jobs to the rest of the world. It says: Code of Ethics As an ACM member I will .... Contribute to society and human well-being. Avoid harm to others. Be honest and trustworthy. Be fair and take action not to discriminate. Honor property rights including copyrights and patent. Give proper credit for intellectual property. Respect the privacy of others. Honor confidentiality. Fine words! But take a look at the first - "Contribute to society and human well-being." Contribute to 'society'. 'Society' is a fiction. Its not a real thing - its an idea in people's heads. You could just as easily say contribute to stones. People are the only thing doing the experiencing. Individuals. You can say 'society', but this just a way of avoiding talking about and to individuals. Ethics questions are for the individual to work out. And it takes work! And the worst thing is that everyone thinks they know what they mean. That they are ethical. That its others that need the educating!

feralimal 6y ago

If you haven't worked out that governance is more than the political class by now, we don't have much hope! Educational institutions are as much a part of the problem as media institutions, as politicians, as we are ourselves. In fact, they are probably the worst - taking children and teaching them that the government is good, it loves them, that they are not slaves. When government is slavery. And it takes a lot for an individual to turn around and point the finger at themselves, accept some of the blame and make a change. Most will take the ethic-free paycheck, rather than start to consider how their effort is creating a dystopian future for us all.