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0 pointsthr0wawayf004y ago0 comments

> The tech industry is absolutely the most benevolent force for good these last few decades.

It's hard to agree with that statement knowing that Facebook allowed genocidal rage to fester on its platform, ultimately facilitating the Rohingya genocide[0].

The tech industry may be the most force for good in your life today, but when you take a step back to read about hardware manufacturing in China, state/privately-sponsored social media psyops, the industry's pushback against pro-consumer policy like right-to-repair, etc., etc., it's really hard to take a statement like that seriously.

0: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/15/technology/myanmar-facebo...

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gdfgjhs4y ago

While I would love to work for Meta due to engineering challenges & caliber of their engineers but sometimes I wonder if I would be able to sleep at night.

Makes me wonder if those engineers who worked for Nazis through IBM felt any remorse later, or if they were able to compartmentalize their work from their personal lives.

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gdfgjhs4y ago

While I would love to work for Meta due to engineering challenges & caliber of their engineers but sometimes I wonder if I would be able to sleep at night.

Makes me wonder if those engineers who worked for Nazis through IBM felt any remorse later, or if they were able to compartmentalize their work from their personal lives.

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