> I respect the gesture but I think it would be more useful if accompanied with some plan of action for improving the current state of ethics in CS. It's a fiel

> I respect the gesture but I think it would be more useful if accompanied with some plan of action for improving the current state of ethics in CS. It's a field-wide problem, not a Google specific problem. That's a really odd comment. Sure it would be nice if he could come up with such a plan, but it's a non sequitur to couple that to a decision to decline a grant. It's like saying, "Joe bought an electric car because he's concerned about global warming, but it would have been useful if he solved the worldwide problem, too...and developed a warp drive."