Been thinking a lot about integrity, moral compasses and such in tech. I’ve always felt that tech has had a deep-seated moral compass, somehow rooted illegibly in the Great Truth of Moore’s Law. But as the law has weakened the moral compass has too.
Biggest tell is people falling for Great Man theories post Steve Jobs 2.0 post 1997. Toxic waste coast Welchianism turned into tech Great Founderism. The harder and wobblier Moore’s Law got the more people started trusting the virtue promises of fallible humans.
"tech" doesn't have a moral compass; people in tech do (or don't). it appears that a lot of folks in tech don't operate from first principles, and have selective morality too.
The future in the new Amazon prime show the peripheral feels apropos here. See the Greco Roman great founder esque architecture over London, virtual reality hiding the truth that the city lies in ruins
Do you think this is somehow related to the fact that our industry is consistently well funded?