Sarah Katz, 21, had a heart condition and died hours after she drank Panera’s Charged Lemonade, a large cup of which contains more caffeine than Red Bull and Monster energy drinks combined....
There is a book that I’m reading just about this topic. In the book the person wakes up to find that they have no rights as they are essentially a machine. It’s called we are legion. Would highly recommend it.
Wait, so your saying humans actively plan and communicate about the impact we have on the environment? I mean in theory yes, but in reality, not really.
It’s always about autonomy, one way or another. People want to be able to control how they work and what they can get out of it. For some that does mean more money, for some it would mean less stress, for others it could means less meetings.
It’s pretty easy for management to address all of it by just giving people more power over what their work lives are like, but that could mean less control over their workforce. No “owner” wants that, to them, they own their employees’ time/work life.
Am I the only one who thinks once something becomes a monolith of a platform, then it should be regulated (or dare I say), nationalized/ turned into a non profit?
The difference is the barrier to entry and the size. Realistically, it is very hard to make a YouTube competitor given how high the server costs are and how sticky the platform is.
As a platform (or a company), gets bigger and bigger, it has more influence on society and it’s private status becomes more and more detrimental to the good of humanity.
In the example you said, what I host would not have a huge impact on society, hence I would not need to be as responsible for what I do.
How can I have a monopoly by hosting something in my house? If you create a forum, you don’t have a monopoly over all forums, you have control over your own forum.
Your confusing one product with an entire sector/industry.
In my opinion, it’s the content and practices that matter, not how well the service works.
In that case you should agree that a publicly traded company should not be left to their own devices since their main goal is increasing shareholder value, regardless what practices they use.
People choose to use most providers because they want to use them.
That’s not true, many people use WhatsApp outside of North America since it has become the defacto mode of communication. There are plenty of people who use them but wish not to.
My point in asking all these questions is that I don’t think it matters if 5 users choose to use something you’re hosting or 5 million, or even if you make money off it.
But that totally makes a huge difference, the more people use your service, the more or an impact you have on society. And the more responsible you should be with how your service affects people’s lives.
If your service is successful because it’s a good service, and you’re being ethical about it, I don’t think that someone should come take it away.
My entire point is that when a company, who has become a monopoly, is no longer being ethical, there should be intervention. If anything, you should be agreeing with that based on what you said.
I do think that you should be obeying laws and paying taxes, but that just reinforces my ethics position.
Look up how much taxes google paid last year.
You made an example with YouTube; what opinions do you have about YouTube, and what actions would you take?
I do like YouTube overall, would change a few though. But regardless of what I like or dislike, I think YouTube has become so influential that it should not be solely controlled by a for profit company. There at least needs to be some oversight.
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Sarah Katz, 21, had a heart condition and died hours after she drank Panera’s Charged Lemonade, a large cup of which contains more caffeine than Red Bull and Monster energy drinks combined....
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