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It used to be "don't be evil". Now its "hide, deny and obsfucate our evil".
by lazyeye 5y ago
It used to be "don't be evil".
Now its "hide, deny and obsfucate our evil".
- filterfish 5y agoOr put more plainly we're just a bunch of cunts.
- sthnblllII 5y agoNo, the guy who takes your parking space is a cunt. Google is evil.
- koheripbal 5y agoI think a more useful life lesson is that an organization's motto is not a useful measure of its true internal or external ethics - regardless of what it says - regardless of the type of organization. A motto is, by definition, marketing. Even more generally, I worry about the trend on social media to value words so much more than actions.
- filterfish 5y agoIn the early days they did seem to follow that motto so there was at least some cause to believe them.
- bogwog 5y agoOr better yet, that a large corporation and a mega corporation are two different beasts. The latter needs to be regulated. I disagree that a motto is just marketing fluff. Especially in smaller companies, a mission statement can provide guidance that, in practical terms, acts as a tool for decision making for every employee in the organization (and to some extent, partners and clients) But once they’re large enough where they could collapse the world economy if the CEO snorts a bad batch one day and decides to fire everyone, then that type of stuff is meaningless.
- rodgerd 5y agoValues are what you talk about. Culture is what you do.
- vishnugupta 5y agoI've internalised the adage "Don’t listen to what people/corporations say, watch what they do" and found it very useful to see through these fancy statements. It's especially useful at workplace to observe what people do and understand the politics. And at a different level observing how Google was acting more evil by the day made me completely switch over to the Apple ecosystem.
- kaba0 5y agoCorporations after a certain size become essentially AIs without moral values maximizing profit. It’s funny how some fear the paper clip AI, when capitalism is exactly that. Any decision that seems to be in good moral is simply based on which direction is more profitable, eg, can Company get away in terms of public image with a non-moral decision, or would it then away more potential buyer?
- Xelynega 5y agoNot even just after a certain size, the current trend in society is to quantify everything so that it can be optimized. There's many companies(like kausa.ai) which focus on quantifying, measuring, and optimizing every facet of your business that they can, no matter the size.
- musingsole 5y agoThe old company motto was a very effective canary.