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One of the most pervasive problems of modern tech - discouraging but at this point not surprising to see people dismissively brushing this off in this thread. This is the kind of community end up with when you phantom delete and 'ninja bury' any posts or comments that dare question the ethical and societal implications of the shit going on in SV.

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I get where you're coming from but understand that with any such topic, you're going to find a lot of people responsible for contributing to the headlining problem participating in the thread itself.

It's not a "this community" issue-- dismissal of consequences is the Schroedinger's Cat of psychological support animals, to help engineers cope with their lack of a conscience. If you refuse to believe there are consequences for your actions, then there simply are none, and you can go back to your job developing child-exploiting apps and self-driving Zyklon-dispensing deathwagons without having to question your impact on the world.

> It's not a "this community" issue

I disagree, by actively censoring and ninja burying important issues that don't reflect well on Silicon Valley the admins of Hn have cultivated an echo chamber of SV Brotopia, these are the fruits of that labor.

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