[ferdowsi]

> Seriously, I think one of the biggest misconceptions people with opinions like yours might have is that we are somehow unified in these decisions or occurrences – we are not – and the healthy dissent is what, over time, hopefully bends us in the right direction.

I laughed a bit at this. I guess a recruiting tactic is to now advertise the exciting possibilities of burnout? "Come join Facebook because you can totally change the ethical direction of this billion dollar surveillance behemoth from the inside, one commit at a time. ;)"

[gigatexal]

My favorite line of reasoning from the article was that folks hold no civic duty to work on the inside for the megalomaniac that is the Zuck. I do find out very empathetic that the author understands why folks would stay employed there: it pays super well and people have obligations.

[gordon_freeman]

Trillion*