There's way too much attention being given to tech CEOs meeting with Trump and not nearly enough given to people in the engineering teams.
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For all the warrior metaphors we use to ply egos in tech, the industry broadly lacks courage to stand against morally reprehensible acts.
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During the most politically tumultuous time ever in American democracy, Hacker News tried to go "no-politics" for a week. This is psyops.
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The inability to separate politics notwithstanding, this is an effort to train developers that it's OK to ignore the state of the world.
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"Look not, young programmer, at the massacre in Aleppo. What matters is before you, your golden algorithm, glorious as it is pure."
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In times of crisis we interrogate the every behavior of journalists. Tech is the 5th estate. Time to take technologists to task.
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I think many don't even realize they're being unethical, which is obv a deeper problem
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or if they are solving the right problem
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Tech Solidarity is an organization drafting a pledge for engineers to sign saying, we will not do this
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