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I swear they developed a sophisticated bot to trigger this discussion in every comment section. The most powerful nerd distraction since Natalie Portman. Pure e

• splaytreemap 6y ago
  Yup, the argument that they must be evil because they're named after a crystal ball from Lord of the Rings is one of the least convincing things I've ever heard. I have no idea why this is so consistently parroted on this forum.
  • leetcrew 6y ago
    I dunno, if elon musk's next spacex project was called "death star", I might be a little concerned. on a more serious note, people do choose the names for their companies/products. they could be totally meaningless, merely sound good, or convey something about the brand. it's not a rigorous argument, but nor is it ridiculous to wonder what they were going for here.
  • Robotbeat 6y ago
    That's not the argument. The argument is they're evil because they're doing pretty questionable things that have massive possibility of abuse. And that they intentionally used a name that seems to describe the exact kind of moral problem with their technology is just, like, lazy writing.
• JKCalhoun 6y ago
  Don't need a bot, it's called marketing! (They chose the name.)