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This is reductivist to the point of insanity. Google is a large company, and this news makes me ashamed of the behaviors of thr execs at the helm, ceetainly, bu

This is reductivist to the point of insanity. Google is a large company, and this news makes me ashamed of the behaviors of thr execs at the helm, ceetainly, but not everyone inside of Google are evil, or passively in line with these guys. I'm a software engineer in research, actively working on projects that are open source and designed to better the field of AI and CS as a whole. The work my group does is also applied research, and we are doing work to change policies internally for the better. I know of literally nowhere else in the industry where I can do this. How, exactly, does this make me evil again?

AnHonestComment 6y ago
Because you’re out here propagandizing that robber barons aren’t that bad, they do some good things too! You’re okay selling the company line in exchange for doing something you couldn’t elsewhere. That’s the banality of evil.
sonotathrowaway 6y ago
> I know of literally nowhere else in the industry where I can do this. How, exactly, does this make me evil again? I wouldn’t say it makes you evil - but it sounds like you’ve reached a decision that you can tolerate those actions in exchange for a paycheck. I don’t think anyone can judge themselves morally perfect, but I also don’t think it’s really possible to compartmentalize your association with your employer - “I only identify with the good things I like”. The comment you replied to was deleted before I could read it, I’m not replying to their specific comments