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Every such move counts as good. I was pointing out that the action was not truly selfless, since the circumstances were such that he started developing towards
by deletes 13y ago
Every such move counts as good. I was pointing out that the action was not truly selfless, since the circumstances were such that he started developing towards safety. He might as well be directed towards something bad if the specific situation was different.
The move was correct, but for the wrong reasons.
- Jtsummers 13y agoBy your interpretation there are almost certainly no true selfless acts. They're all done for the wrong reason. At this point, we can't know that the release of the patent wouldn't have happened regardless of the personal tragedy so stating that it was for the wrong reason is absurd. It's not like they sat on it for 15 years, then suffered the tragedy, then released the patent.
- mikeash 13y agoUnless they also invented time travel, the CEO's actions didn't help with the accident in question, and so don't disqualify it from being "selfless".
- deletes 13y agoWhat are you talking about? Here is the quote from the article: >>At the time, Volvo was already pushing its brand as a safety conscious automaker. Its CEO, whose relative had recently died in a car crash, decided to hire Nils Bohlin, a man who had previously designed ejector seats for fighter jets, as chief safety engineer (a new position).<<
- joesb 13y agoThe increased safety in future car cannot save his already dead relative. So it was selfless, it didn't alter his past, didn't make anything better for him.