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In the spirit of being honest as requested, all of these are so vague and context-sensitive, basically they amount to nothing. You'll have to do a lot more wor
by mantrax5 12y ago
In the spirit of being honest as requested, all of these are so vague and context-sensitive, basically they amount to nothing.
You'll have to do a lot more work and be more specific than this generic wishlist, if you want people to really abide by your understanding of ethics.
Oh and this one:
- Keeping your word, including honoring handshake deals.
... is plain dangerous. Handshake deals are not deals. They're just a problem about to happen. Someone's neurons keeping the memory of a "handshake deal" will start misfiring.
Write it down. Even in an email after the meeting. If it's not written, it didn't happen.
- mkempe 12y agoThe problem with vagueness is that the potential punishment for transgression is banishment from YC. It's not the end of the world, though. When governments pass non-objective laws that can be abused to persecute and punish individuals arbitrarily, that's terrifying. When private groups do similar things with vague rules, it's just sad.
- saalweachter 12y agoI would say it's worse than that. Writing it down won't even be enough in all cases, because communication is a hard problem. It is very easy to come out of a conversation believing you know what the other person said, or believing that you accurately communicated your thoughts, desires, or plans and just be completely wrong on all counts. There is a reason lawyers write contracts: it reduces the likelihood of a miscommunication about what each party expects.