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You make it sound like these value judgements are obvious. There are plenty of people on HN and even inside Google that do not find anything objectionable about building weapons.

Do you think Richard Feynman was a bad person because he helped build the atom bomb?



I don't think you're taking the strongest possible interpretation of my statements.

The person I responded to appears to disagree with maven. But they used googles actions as a negative thing, when in the end those actions aligned with his values.


Feynman wrote about feeling terrible guilt from working on the atomic bomb.


Everyone loves a good "the worst possible example".




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