It's dishonest to claim that working at e.g. Google is merely targeting ads, not improving the world.
Google search improves the world immensely. Ads are how they pay for it. Ads are Google's day job, not its whole focus.
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The fact that making money is not Google's whole focus is part of the reason it makes so much money.
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Also, the naysayers hugely underestimate the impact Google will have in years to come due to its worldclass AI technology
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I can’t imagine studying or researching without Google.
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Corollary: ad companies that don't want to improve the world are not likely to thrive.
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They can do ok, but they won't become Google big.
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Woo-hoo. Everyone has aspirations. The Cathedrals and the Pyramids were built by aspirations, not by economics.
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Not to mention, better targeted ads also make the world better through reducing waste.
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If ads provided incentives / means for spreading of fake news which impacted election results, did Goog/FB made world significantly worse?
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Point is, 'dreaming big' and 'good intentions' are nice, but it is how a company makes money that defines it
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Point is, companies vary in the degree to which how they make money defines them.
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