If we keep prioritizing money and greed over everything else, propping up absurd authoritarian regimes like this in the process, we're probably not going to be free to have these beautiful choices in the future. This isn't cool.https://twitter.com/stegersaurus/status/1233200333112758272 …
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Replying to @citnaj
Another way to look at it is to say that the company is helping the people of China get access to stock photography according to the law there. People must want it. I also don’t see the logic in criticizing one company when trade with China (I+E) = 5% of US GDP.
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Replying to @chrisyaren
Man dude that's a slippery slope. Just because it's "the law" doesn't mean it's right. And they can make their own service if they want stock photography + censorship. Not impossible- they have the resources. 5%? Doesn't matter- take a principled stand.
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Replying to @citnaj
If I take a pricipled stand I have to basically not buy anything...that is the implication of the 5%...they touch almost everything in some way...the law...yes I disagree with their rule of law but I dont want to project my values on them. That slope could be slippery too.
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Replying to @chrisyaren
I've answered
@purpultat on this same basic point elsewhere in the thread. But tl;dr: Indecisiveness over unanswerable corner cases ("it's complicated") is worse and there's an uncomplicated answer to that. Also, what's wrong with projecting values? It's not "all relative, man"2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Care to expand on your first point? Why is it worse in your view?
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When you don't make decisions based on values due to indecisiveness, others less principled and more determined to get their way will make them for you. I really think this is a big reason why sociopaths constantly gain the upper hand in our world.
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Isn't the issue that some decisions require a lot of prior knowledge? And that it's not scalable to properly research all issues?
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