I knew a guy who went to work for palantir a bunch of years ago. Was always friendly at work. I asked him “but what’re you going to do if they do bad stuff, like spying on people?”
He just shrugged. Didn’t care. The money was good.
I don’t know if this alone is proof that’s a bad person, but I think it precludes him from being a good one.
I would argue no. Partly because I am in a similar situation. But also because I would be a fool to quit such a stable, laid back job in a market where it is extremely difficult to find a job in my field.
Granted I also do care. But not enough to risk poverty.
It’s hard to make a full judgment without knowing more details but “the pay is good and it’s easy” isn’t really a compelling justification for “and I help evil manifest in the world”.
Again I would like to avoid poverty in a market where I am very unlikely to get a “non-evil” job.
I don’t want to keep trying to justify my position as I have already made myself a pariah. so I will just leave this here and encourage people in similar positions to read it.
https://www.cia.gov/static/5c875f3ec660e092cf893f60b4a288df/SimpleSabotage.pdf
You’re asking someone who may literally work at a surveillance company to publicly admit to the stuff they linked? Personally I think it was a bad idea for them to post that link or even suggest they know it exists.
I knew a guy who went to work for palantir a bunch of years ago. Was always friendly at work. I asked him “but what’re you going to do if they do bad stuff, like spying on people?”
He just shrugged. Didn’t care. The money was good.
I don’t know if this alone is proof that’s a bad person, but I think it precludes him from being a good one.
Mercenary mindset. No snowflake feels responsible for the avalanche.
Why does the military advertise the most towards the poor?
Why don’t presidents fight the war?
Why do they always send the poor? 🤘
I would argue no. Partly because I am in a similar situation. But also because I would be a fool to quit such a stable, laid back job in a market where it is extremely difficult to find a job in my field.
Granted I also do care. But not enough to risk poverty.
It’s hard to make a full judgment without knowing more details but “the pay is good and it’s easy” isn’t really a compelling justification for “and I help evil manifest in the world”.
Again I would like to avoid poverty in a market where I am very unlikely to get a “non-evil” job. I don’t want to keep trying to justify my position as I have already made myself a pariah. so I will just leave this here and encourage people in similar positions to read it. https://www.cia.gov/static/5c875f3ec660e092cf893f60b4a288df/SimpleSabotage.pdf
But are you doing any of that to your big evil company? Or is it easier to be a good worker and not risk getting fired?
You’re asking someone who may literally work at a surveillance company to publicly admit to the stuff they linked? Personally I think it was a bad idea for them to post that link or even suggest they know it exists.
And that’s why I don’t connect my personal devices to the corporate network, because I know what we can see.