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"making the world a better place by selling $service" is usually hypocrisy rather than a matter of methodology. Same goes for making a service cheaper at the expense of the workers and the list goes on...
>"making the world a better place by selling $service" is usually hypocrisy rather than a matter of methodology. You can't be binary about this. In many situations, selling a service has made the world (or at least a city/country) a better place. Private cell phone service in many developing countries, for example. I know countries where, before they came in, people would have to wait years to get a landline (some in…
Ask HN: How can I do social good through programming?
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Re: Ask HN: How can I do social good through programming?
#392Oftentimes, research code that has clear social good potential ends up never getting deployed. We're trying a new form of creating social good opportunities from within the academic setting and through a non-profit vehicle managed like a Bay Area tech startup. I think we'll start to see more entities like this emerge.
Re: Ask HN: How can I do social good through programming?
#393Humans are executed data. The blueprint of life has never been more like computer code. Ben Horrowitz believes where data touches biology is where there's ton of profit waiting. Pick a SENS initiative and see where you can attack it with software. Human Longevity Inc is using machine learning I think to figure out what genes actually cause what pathologies. It would be interesting to point at the genes for the herita…
So I guess that suggestion is less exciting.