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That is a simplified assumption

everyone starts off human

then money distorts things

I have seen a lot of very honest people get suckered into doing things they never would

once money starts coming in, people's morals change to accommodate how they make money

Not everyone can be like Craig Newmark etc. and be indifferent to money

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I'm pretty sure there's an ethical version of Facebook somewhere in there that would still make more money than anyone can blow even if they did hookers and coke 24/7

Goes for software engineers personally as well, the difference between working on something that's ethical and working on something that isn't probably is the difference between a comfortable five figure salary and an absurd six figure one, not living in a subway station

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