It didn't occur to me till a few minutes later, but this is exactly what I'm always nagging founders to do. No wonder I dislike ideologues so much. They're just like bad startup founders. They do what they think people should want, instead of what they actually do want.https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1326884095792648192 …
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yes, but what if people want a giant wall at the south border? or to put in jail all muslims? or whatever the like
Doing things people actually want shouldn't be your only guiding principle. You should also have a rule not to do things that are evil.
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So true even for the tech giants. They need to ensure their tech is not misused even if people want to do that.
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By saying something is "evil" you acknowledge that you have an ideology.
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having an ideology is not wrong at all. making decisions based only on an ideology is an issue.
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And there is a depth of expertise required in almost every field. But gathering insight to make public policy should involve an ongoing process of input from a range of organizations (which include citizens), not just lobbyists.
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Door-to-door canvassing in the last Canadian national election, I learned that people were OK with a transition to green energy, as long as we didn't treat people's current livelihoods as disposable. Essentially the position of the current government -- people assumed otherwise.
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Remember people want sugar. They want sex. It’s not complicated. But are soft drinks and porn what you want to give them? “What people want” is too vague. Someone overweight may want cake right now, but what they need is to go for a walk, because they also want to live longer.
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Over the years, I found this book answer this type of questions the best . Competing Against Luck: The Story of Innovation and Customer Choice by the late Clayton Christensen
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People wanted Communism, and whilst it came with a lot of evil, the idea wasn’t inherently evil. It was inefficient though, and eventually people really didn’t want it. Is it the founder’s job to work for the customer now, or in 20 years?
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Case in point: Facebook. It’s hard to think of another startup that so unequivocally built something people wanted. But increasingly the original product seems like a bad thing for our collective mental health.
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