So there's a big question here (beyond the obvious, existential one) for the VC and startup community. What role do we play in all of this? Can we play a constructive role? What might that look like?
The picture isn't really so good for a lot of these startups, no.
You know it in your heart.
It's very unclear how an ethical person is supposed to be behave. If we believe that this huge machine is destroying the planet, surely we should stop participating in it - and yet if we do that, we become unable to support ourselves.
I compensate by trying to consume as little in my personal life, and trying to get jobs that aren't unethical.
You know it in your heart.
It's very unclear how an ethical person is supposed to be behave. If we believe that this huge machine is destroying the planet, surely we should stop participating in it - and yet if we do that, we become unable to support ourselves.
I compensate by trying to consume as little in my personal life, and trying to get jobs that aren't unethical.