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I remember an anecdote about this topic where someone (I think it was Douglas Engelbart?) was giving another a hard time about their military software being use

I remember an anecdote about this topic where someone (I think it was Douglas Engelbart?) was giving another a hard time about their military software being used to kill people. At which point the other person mentioned their software used a mouse (which Engelbart invented). Obviously a complex topic with lots of considerations that I venture won't be solved in this HN thread, but good to discuss and think about.

AlotOfReading 2y ago
There's a pretty meaningful distinction between something (relatively) neutral that's occasionally used to support unethical purposes than something that can only be used for unethical purposes, plus shades of gray in-between. I don't think there's a reasonable argument that e.g. Keurig engineers need to grapple with the ethical dilemmas of murderers and terrorists using their products for example.