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why do tools like this and others always get invented at unethical companies?
by colesantiago 5y ago
why do tools like this and others always get invented at unethical companies?
- baby 5y agoUnethical from your point of view
- colesantiago 5y agostill unethical no matter how you slice it.
- polio 5y agoPack it in, guys, colesantiago has solved morality.
- koolba 5y agoDeveloping tools costs money and unethical companies will always be more profitable than ethical ones as they have access to both ethical and unethical revenue streams. More profits means more money to throw at NIH projects.
- nefitty 5y agoThe less barriers the people in an organization perceive, the more likely they are to innovate, whether for the greater good or not.
- int0x2e 5y agoI agree with your point, but I've personally also experienced the reverse as well - having very difficult constraints while being extremely motivated and well funded has often resulted in extremely innovative solutions. All of my examples are classified, sadly.
- nefitty 5y agoI can see how more constraints can lead to more focused problem solving for sure.
- sizediterable 5y agoUnethical companies get rewarded for their unethical behavior instead of being held accountable in any meaningful way. They then use their vast resources to grow their engineering force at an incredible rate. Moving fast means they are also accruing technical debt at an astounding rate, which then leads to throwing more of their resources at people to focus solely on solving these scaling problems.
- jitl 5y agoAre there another kind of company that has 2 billion plus users? Can you store 500 edges * 2 billion users in a off the shelf database system? That was available in 2009? It is from scale and necessity that this kind of software is created.