> We are writing things that affect peoples lives. That could kill people. That affect the environment. We need to hold ourselves to the same moral obligations as other engineers. We have a duty to prevent harming people when we write our software.

High and mighty ideals, but come on.

If you're working on software for a medical device, then yes.

But on another post today it was pointed out that crypto currencies are burning more electricity than Iceland.

That's straight out environmental vandalism. Is everyone involved in crypto expected to down tools, cos ethics?