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by alexryan 9y ago
I dispute that corruption is inevitable and propose that its origins lie the violation of a foundational moral at the heart of most religions: In Christianity, this is the commandment: Thou shall not steal. In Buddhism, the precept is more
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We are survival machines for genes who evolved brains in order to predict which moves will improve the probability of the survival of our genes. The survival machines who evolve the better predictive models fastest are the ones who win. The
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US regulator says Silicon Valley is threat to internet(yahoo.com)
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Net Neutrality Is Corporate Welfare(thejacknews.com)
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Sorry, but if you don't have the courage to speak your truth, then you deserve the chains of slavery that you choose to wear and the dearth of self-respect that comes with it.
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If you've spent your entire life wiring your brain to fight "oppression", what do you do after the war has been won decisively? It's not easy to rewire your brain. This is especially true when your job depends upon the e
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Fair. It meets the human need to relieve pain. I did not mean to imply that it always does so in a moral way. Clearly it does not.
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Fair. I kind of assumed that is was obvious that those who succeed in developing superior products and services attract more customers, do more business, and thus acquire more value to reinvest and grow than those who do not. Am I missing s
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Small sample size? I believe there are a few private for-profit companies which have discovered a new idea or two.
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> Re AT&T - I don't see how that indicates private companies are good for getting basic research done in general. True. But it is evidence against the proposition that basic research can only be done in public institutions. Whic
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> conservatives believe the government is awful for most things, and research instead be done by private corporations. This seems entirely rational to me. A private corporation must strive to meet real human needs in order to survive. Ca
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Aggression is usually skillful when targeted at improving the predictive model which led to undesired circumstances and usually unskillful when targeted at individuals. The brain evolved to enable survival machines for genes to make predict
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> I mean I get it, greed and flexible morality result in exploitation of the masses, but it is not unique to tech. With wall street, we knew that we were dealing with people of low character because they were open about it. “greed is goo
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Mozilla gave $100,000 to secure email platform harnessed by Antifa groups(foxnews.com)
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A recent video on this concept by BigThink: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jrrY2otrJk
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by alexryan 9y ago
> I’ll be looking at ways to take in feedback James Damore worked on the search team. We all know how much his feedback was appreciated by Google execs. Personally, I will not consider trusting Google again unless and until Larry and Se
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Quillette: Smearing Free Thought In Silicon Valley http://quillette.com/2017/09/25/smearing-free-thought-silico...
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The 2 types of meditation that I practice I are mindfulness and concentration. Mindfulness practice has enabled me to become aware of the arising of unskillful compulsions, the habitual patterns of thought which give rise to them and to hal
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"All objectionable behavior is a tragic expression of an unmet need". ~Marshall Rosenberg The impulse to silence people whose speech is objectionable is understandable. We have all felt it. But it is profoundly misguided. Zero-sum
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> Surely you must agree that any kind of unconscious bias (or conscious, for that matter) is undesirable? How can an organization claim to be a meritocracy if members of marginalized groups are treated unfairly compared to members of the
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Personally, I would prefer to work exclusively with those who value meritocracy more because diversity proponents are very often believers in the ideology of perpetual victimhood. As such they are always in conflict with everyone and genera
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Not a logical statement. It is entirely possible to value merit over diversity.
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This is a really great idea. Please consider adding value ranking. For example, many people might value both meritocracy and diversity but valuing one more highly than another creates a completely different culture. P.S. Please consider add
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It's certainly true that companies seem to get corrupted as they get larger, but does it HAVE to be that way? Many of us are totally cool with very large companies so long as we believe them to be led by people of good character. My hy
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by alexryan 9y ago
While it is true that all of us are naturally more cautious about being in a relationship with a party whose ability cause harm to us is strong and growing stronger, many of us are totally okay with that so long as we believe that party to
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Google Search for “American Inventors” English vs. Spanish(reddit.com)
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What bothers me most about this article is how all of us, when we feel threatened, tend to close off our empathy for the other side which prevents us from seeing clearly that they too feel threatened. We both come across as selfish and unca
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I don’t think that Larry and Sergey yet fully grasp the consequences of allowing an echo chamber to form within google. One of the consequences of living in an echo chamber is that we rob ourselves of the feedback that we need to make good
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I’m very sad to see this happening to a great company like google. I first encountered the new culture at Google I/O extended event I attended a few months ago. It disturbed me very deeply but I couldn’t figure out exactly why since I
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by alexryan 10y ago
I too was very reluctant to let go of uber for the same reasons. It's difficult to let go of what is clearly an outstanding product. I also have mixed feelings about Kalanick. I love how bold and aggressive he has been in going to war

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