Repeat after me: all technical problems of sufficient scope or impact are actually political problems first.

@dymaxion saying that tech is NOT political is how many of my friends justify working at FANG and advancing the societal ills these platforms perpetuate.

It is the the moral comfort zone which allows them to reconcile the uncomfortable fact that the work they do is directly or indirectly harmful to others.

@sarantium @dymaxion Maaan I wish I could convince myself this :( Missed out a LOT not getting on that Amazon/Meta gravy train. And now my friends make 3X + for the same position.