> Maybe I should clarify that I was referring to the field of software generally, which definitely includes Facebook and the software parts of cars. > Some day

> Maybe I should clarify that I was referring to the field of software generally, which definitely includes Facebook and the software parts of cars. > Some days it feels like the whole field is premised on taking advantage of people, not trying to make the world better for them. Yeah, despite all the initial optimism, it seems one of the main consequences of connected software was to remove the technical barriers to whole classes of unscrupulous behavior that the market incentivizes.