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by vjvjvjvjghv 18 days ago
“ far too much money and far too little empathy”

There is the old video about the mistake of anthropomorphizing Ellison. You don’t get angry at a lawn mower either when you stick your hand into it.

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> mistake of anthropomorphizing Ellison

That's the problem: we take that story and use it as an excuse to act like he's not a human. "Oh, ol' Larry, he's just a lawnmower". No, he's a person, one who doesn't get enough in the way of negative consequences for the harm he brings to society.

My former employer was bought out by Oracle. I didn't stick my hand in the lawn mower, the lawn mower drove over my hand.