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Re:A Year of Tech Solidarity by xupybd on Wednesday November 15, 2017 @05:37AM (#15702814)
Totally. Everything you’ve raised there seem like professional issues to me. I fully agree with unionising and working with other tech workers to address professional issues. Ethics and things related to work as a tech worker should be discussed and debated in the work place. But I’m not sure societal issues need be debated there. In your free time great, but not at the cost of your working relationships.

Sorry not trying to not pick on terms, just trying to better communicate my intention.

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Re:A Year of Tech Solidarity by confounded on Wednesday November 15, 2017 @01:51PM (#15706609)
> But I’m not sure societal issues need be debated there.

Then you'd better organize your workplace so you can tell your colleagues what they can and can't talk about, or believe is an important aspect of their work.

The line between ethics in the technology industry, and societal issues is likely not as bright as you think.

You may wish that there wasn't overlap, but that doesn't make it the case. Figuring these things out is difficult, but if we want technology to represent the intentions of technologists (not executives and venture capitalists) then it is incumbent upon us!

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Re:A Year of Tech Solidarity by xupybd on Wednesday November 15, 2017 @02:29PM (#15706971)
>Then you'd better organize your workplace so you can tell your colleagues what they can and can't talk about, or believe is an important aspect of their work.

To clarify I'm only talking about my personal strategy, everyone else can do as they see fit.

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