Comment by kubb
1 year ago
This talks mainly about research.
But if you work at a megacorp, like Facebook, and lobotomize people for money, is it your fault, and are you a bad person for doing it?
1 year ago
This talks mainly about research.
But if you work at a megacorp, like Facebook, and lobotomize people for money, is it your fault, and are you a bad person for doing it?
The "I'm just doing my job" excuse goes a long way with people. Every once in a while you'll hear about someone who just couldn't stomach it anymore. Working in megacorp finance for example. Or insurance, where there are plenty of unkind incentives. Doesn't happen very often though. For the most part people have a job to do and they do it.
yes, and maybe? I think it's important to hold the tension that you are doing something that is both good and harmful (like both building a really nice chat app you give away for free and using the network effects of that app to collect everyone's data and influence them, or protecting people from fraud but also improving the bottom line of Wall Street banks that are contributing to the increasing financialization of everything).
I think acknowledging incentive structures is alright, but ending the process there and not leaning into understanding and manipulating them is the real issue.
Yes and yes.