Its becoming blatently apparent that high tech is heavily tied to saudi interests which are (not so) secretely supporting radical sunni interests in the middle east starting with the arab spring and our state departments conflicted interest and collaboration with tech at that time. I would not be surprised if we found evidence that social media companies were involved in creating bots to fan those flames leading to the death of thousands.
Uber CEO calls Saudi murder of Khashoggi “a mistake,” scrambles to backtrack
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#63This seems like a really bad comparison. You could take it as Dara Khosrowshahi saying that über's self driving car program was created with the intention of killing people.
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#64career suicide for this guy. Good look with that IPO now dude.
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#65So what are you gonna do about it?
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” ― Edmund Burke
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#66Let's all act shocked!
1- Uber is funded in part by Saudis.
2- They don't consider jaywalkers in their autonomous driving software showing that human life is ... not important.
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#67Wow, just to restate this conversation in a different way: the ceo of a major company would rather remind the world of the time their car _killed_ someone then condemn a murder by one of his investors. Good on the journalist for asking tough questions and not letting him weasel out.
That is like Trump's "You think our country's so innocent?" cubed.
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#68What all large companies does SA have a huge stake in?
Twitter, Uber...
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#69I think this statement is reprehensible, still is this post an HN material?
If HN is going to cover business articles then yes.
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#70Earlier quoted context omitted.
> “I said something in the moment that I do not believe” Sure he didn't. This is like a political version of Schrödinger's Douchebag. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMabpBvtXr4
Not to gotcha this, but "I'm someone whose statements should not be taken to heart" is not a message I'd want to convey in an apology. Then again, corporate communication is often a game of being as cynical as you can get away without getting arrested or having your business shut down, so maybe there's some meta-honesty here.
There's also Angelou's "When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time."