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> at least insofar as they do not work on the kinds of things that I dislike Facebook for.

Why do you draw that distinction? Do you believe it's possible to work for Facebook without at least indirectly benefiting the company as a whole?




> Do you believe it's possible to work for Facebook without at least indirectly benefiting the company as a whole?

No, probably not. But I still draw that distinction.

I'm not a strict consequentialist. I think that people's intents matter and that their inner lives have moral significance.

So, for me, that outcome (Facebook benefiting) is only one factor in the moral calculus. In the case of the people I know (and likely John Carmack, though I don't know him), it isn't the dominating factor.




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