It's Socratic Sunday! Here is an imagined dialogue btwn supporters/opponents of Google working on Project Maven and more generally pursuing DOD contracts, since the quality of this debate IRL is very low. Jane "Hawk" Jeffers supports GOOG/PM/DOD, Jill "Dove" Johnson doesn't.
For me, it seems that there are two separate questions: 1) does Google really want to become part of the government of the US and make decisions about war and peace? 2) is Google's employee morale and public image compatible with being a defense contractor?
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1) The decision may not be made up front 2) Many employees may not be involved or even know. Recent Facebook events demonstrate that public image is a managed facade over a business model.
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