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Prism may have been built by people holding their noses for the paycheck, but it could also have been built by people who genuinely believe that its social bene
by qq66 13y ago
Prism may have been built by people holding their noses for the paycheck, but it could also have been built by people who genuinely believe that its social benefits outweigh its costs. Even if only 0.1% of software professionals believe this, it's enough to staff the project.
- latj 13y agoI agree. Just look at who Palantir hires. I imagine its a pretty small number of nose-holders and more often people who think they are doing good and people who think spying is a necessary evil so lets put fine grained controls on it.
- toyg 13y agoI'm pretty sure there's also a good number of people who actually enjoy the craft. How many geeks do you know who wouldn't enjoy the power-trip? From LOVEINT to immature Googlers, there's an abundance of literature on the joys of doing evil.
- lwhalen 13y agoSlightly OT, but I remember feeling QUITE shocked when I found that one of my favorite bloggers, Rands (aka Michael Lopp), was some sort of honcho over at Palantir. He's written some good stuff on management of 'geeks' and high-performance people in general, it was a sad day when I found out about his employer and removed him from my RSS feed.