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		commonturtle on Feb 7, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Why do so many geniuses work for evil comp... The simple answer: those companies aren't evil. They're not selling your data, or bringing the financial system down, or emptying the wallets of the poor. They're not god's gift to mankind or finding the cure to pancreatic cancer either. They're just fine.

throwawaynay on Feb 7, 2022 [–]

>They're not selling your data, or bringing the financial system down, or emptying the wallets of the poor.

A lot of those companies are literally doing that though.

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