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Accountability sinks

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493 points l0b0 | 1 comments | 19 Oct 24 23:39 UTC | HN request time: 0.203s | source
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mediumsmart ◴[20 Oct 24 06:27 UTC] No.41893349[source]▶
you can't have accountability in a world where you can be a good family member and work for a company that manufactures bombs that kill families. This doesnt compute in humans. They cant deal with that. If you cant handle accountability for that ... who cares about you getting into your hotel room a little later or missing a flight or not getting health insurance ... no biggie.

what you can have is a discussion about this or a blog post that is read by people and maybe some new subscribers, so no worries - all is not lost. :)

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1. jiggawatts ◴[20 Oct 24 06:34 UTC] No.41893382[source]▶
That suddenly reminded me of a Redditor talking about how some acquaintance of theirs works for a US military technology company, but is only involved in non-weapons research that has civilian applications.

When pressed, the Redditor said that the their friend was working on the mathematical theory for computers to control planes that have no power, such as under emergency landing conditions. I.e.: If the engine dies, the auto pilot can help steer the plane onto a runway.

"No, your friend is working on precision glide bombs. The emergency landing thing is just marketing to make it palatable. She might not even know, but that's definitely what she'd doing."

That stuck with me: someone could be working on bomb technology and not even know it.

Talk about an accountability sink!