A lot of programmers are annoyingly predisposed to view themselves as wizards wielding power that society cannot possibly comprehend. As a result of this delusi

A lot of programmers are annoyingly predisposed to view themselves as wizards wielding power that society cannot possibly comprehend. As a result of this delusion, they invent moral quandaries in which they, the heroes of their own stories, nobly agree to constrain their own limitless powers for the good of humanity. "If I write this command line options parser, what if someone uses it to write a tool that configures a guided missile's running light firmware? How will I live with myself?" Fucking get over yourselves guys. The good/evil stuff is usually handled way higher up in the org chart.