bad startups
There are a lot of startups that monetize enabling the bored and wealthy to refine their competition for social status through conspicuous consumption. These startups add nothing to society. In fact, they detract from it by diverting more of our world’s scarce resources towards a zero-sum game. Meanwhile, the economy is going to hell. Which means people are suffering and dying.
If you are planning on working at a startup like this, please don’t. In a world in crisis, it’s unethical to waste your talents on this sort of thing when you could be helping to make the world a better place. In our increasingly interconnected world, the era of the atomic agent who is irresponsible for those beyond their purview is over. It never existed in the first place. All blood is on all our hands; but our responsibility for the fate of the world is proportional to our power within it. So use your power for something good for people. That means you, technically-enabled social media browsing professional class. Get your head in the game.
