Honestly at this point in my software career (~10 years), it’s not evil per se, but I don’t feel great about essentially existing to help rich people (VCs, PE, etc.) get richer. But I suppose that’s a problem that isn’t limited to IT.
Honestly at this point in my software career (~10 years), it’s not evil per se, but I don’t feel great about essentially existing to help rich people (VCs, PE, etc.) get richer. But I suppose that’s a problem that isn’t limited to IT.
Same here, but apparently this isn’t even an isolated example:
https://youtu.be/fiD24uEvY1U?si=kqH-ixnhSvc4S_HG
(Video about their colonialism and exploitative monetary policy in the Saheel / Africa).
As you may know, this is the entire premise of fall of civilizations podcast, which also did a great episode on the Assyrians:
https://podcastaddict.com/fall-of-civilizations-podcast/episode/124415257
I haven’t heard about Truth Social’s plans, but that wouldn’t surprise me.
I have however heard of this:
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/14/steve-mnuchin-tiktok-00146966
I’ve always heard it attributed (in a slightly different form) to Rahm Emmanuel, e.g. :
Never let a good crisis go to waste
That’s actually a real strategy by Russia. Since they have so few deep water ports for their Navy, if temperatures rise then they have new options in their far north territories.