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"Don't be evil" is a dreadful credo. Allows a ridiculous amount of wiggle room. The fact that these very smart people formulated their beliefs in such a self-co
by xhevahir 5y ago
"Don't be evil" is a dreadful credo. Allows a ridiculous amount of wiggle room. The fact that these very smart people formulated their beliefs in such a self-consciously childish manner should have been taken as a warning.
- munificent 5y agoI don't think you are giving them enough credit. Choosing "don't be evil" as a credo deliberately encourages others to view the company through a moral lens. It is an invitation to judge the company according to a higher standard than most businesses would hold themselves to. It makes explicit that the company takes responsibility for the moral implications of what they do instead of pretending to live in an amoral value-free universe like many other corporations do. I think it was a courageous motto and I'm sad they dropped it.
- xhevahir 5y agoFair enough. Although I still think people should not have expected so vague an ethos to survive the transition to a huge, publicly traded company.