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People have empathy. Non-tech people can understand the issues when they're presented like this. And an article like this makes me think seriously about the eth
by logn 12y ago
People have empathy. Non-tech people can understand the issues when they're presented like this. And an article like this makes me think seriously about the ethics of my job. Not that it carries real weight, but see: http://www.acm.org/about/code-of-ethics http://www.acm.org/about/code-of-ethics
Maybe empathy alone will be enough to effect change?
- railsn1nja 12y agoMost people have empathy, it's a naive mistake to assume that everyone else has this. If you do the research on child abuse and how certain types of early childhood trauma effects the brain you'll come to understand that some individuals simply do not have the ability to feel empathy naturally because their neural anatomy did not develop in that way. Even sociopaths and psychopaths can learn to develop this capacity, to open their heart center, but they need to be willing to go the distance towards thearpy.