Engineering, research, and design as disciplines are neutral.

You can use them to build systems that dumb down individuals, and society at large, for the profit of a few.

You can use them to devise medical procedures and build devices that massively improve individuals' lives, and advance the common good for all.

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What you work on is your choice. And that choice you make tells others everything about your values and priorities.

Choose wisely.