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Why I'm Forced to Say Farewell: Google Management Has Lost Its Moral Compass

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Re: Why I'm Forced to Say Farewell: Google Management Has Lost Its Moral Compass

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

they did not. it’s still right there in the code of conduct https://abc.xyz/investor/board-and-governance/google-code-of... scroll to the bottom

> scroll to the bottom that illustrates the point nicely...

"But the motto was on display..."

"Yes, it was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying 'Beware of the Leopard'."

Re: Why I'm Forced to Say Farewell: Google Management Has Lost Its Moral Compass

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And yet it directly speaks to the comment it was replying to. It makes the point that RSUs are generally multi-year; so if you're getting them with _any_ frequency, you never get to the point of "the last RSU vests".

I think the "last RSU" was more a figure of speech. At some point a person passes above an earnings level where they feel comfortable deactivating the "money making mode" and let their conscience speak.

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These tech-bro public resignations are so tedious. Ostensibly he seems fine with the existence of AI mass surveillance and AI powered murderbots but he just never envisioned a scenario where they would get used that wasn't congruent with his politics.

Ratified treaties are the supreme law of the land and he's pointing out "all lawful uses" isn't what the admin says it is.

That doesn't appear to be stopping the current administration. That's why I think you should be more concerned about the tools of oppression existing rather than the laws that govern them.

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I find it laughable how when all of these platforms were aligned with the Dems the same behavior was ok (and it was those darned russians that were the problem on facebook and other platforms), whereas now that the tables have turned (for now...), it's all the end of the world.

Whereas the feature of these platforms - their incredible power - was always the same. The outrage is then just a function of a person's preferences.

Re: Why I'm Forced to Say Farewell: Google Management Has Lost Its Moral Compass

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Can anyone in this industry really say goodbye without posting it? We act like artists, believing our ideals will illuminate the world with our moral compass. This is surreal.

Not until tech companies stop pretending tech jobs are special. It’s part of the entire industry culture at this point that you join certain positions to “make a big difference.”

Yet most startups are just b2b AI sass or whatever.

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I find it laughable how when all of these platforms were aligned with the Dems the same behavior was ok (and it was those darned russians that were the problem on facebook and other platforms), whereas now that the tables have turned (for now...), it's all the end of the world. Whereas the feature of these platforms - their incredible power - was always the same. The outrage is then just a function of a person's pref…

What behavior was fine, exactly?

Re: Why I'm Forced to Say Farewell: Google Management Has Lost Its Moral Compass

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he resigned because of... "politics"? and not because of the path Google has chosen for Android security?

The only stated reason for his resignation is that Google is no longer adhering to their promise to not use AI for weapons. I was surprised that the reasoning was so one-dimensional.

While I don't agree with the author exactly, I do admire someone sticking to their guns (no pun intended). Like Oscar Wild said, "Morality, like art requires drawing a line somewhere".

One of my favorite 80's movies was Real Genius with Val Kilmer. He accidentally helps develop a weapon and then goes to extreme measures to prevent its use. For some people creating weapons is a line they wont cross and that's not a bad thing.

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