Re:Amazon CEO says he wants to work more with Pentagon
by harikb on Saturday December 07, 2019 @06:42PM
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> Tech companies have faced challenges when trying to work with the Pentagon. Last year a defense program, named Project Maven, set off a revolt here inside Google
The word _here_ made me think it was an employee writing about Google. Turned out to be just a hyperlink. typo? or is this wording common practice
What you focus on and what you achieve are not inherently related.
AFA focus, the US military is actually focused on putting as much power as possible in the hands of its commander in chief for US interests. It is not allowed to determine those interests.
If Bezos wants to express the ideology behind his life choices then I think that is great. If he doesn't then he should be upfront about that. Acting like everyone can be rational and driven by incremental money is a pointless conversation.
Re:Amazon CEO says he wants to work more with Pentagon
by yabadabadoes on Sunday December 08, 2019 @08:35AM
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> Destroying the world because they use energy
Yes, and participating in blocking the Kyoto accord.
You can feel as good as you want that you save a few people after displacing millions and covering countries in spent Uranium.. Then your grandchildren will die from ecological mismanagement and/or water shortages..
The military writes its own studies on these facts of climate change, it just ignores it's giant size role in bringing them about.
The word _here_ made me think it was an employee writing about Google. Turned out to be just a hyperlink. typo? or is this wording common practice
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_usage_of_the_United_Sta...
What you focus on and what you achieve are not inherently related.
AFA focus, the US military is actually focused on putting as much power as possible in the hands of its commander in chief for US interests. It is not allowed to determine those interests.
If Bezos wants to express the ideology behind his life choices then I think that is great. If he doesn't then he should be upfront about that. Acting like everyone can be rational and driven by incremental money is a pointless conversation.
Come on now, be serious.
The US military is actually focused on deterring aggression. We spend more time doing humanitarian work than anything else.
Yes, and participating in blocking the Kyoto accord.
You can feel as good as you want that you save a few people after displacing millions and covering countries in spent Uranium.. Then your grandchildren will die from ecological mismanagement and/or water shortages..
The military writes its own studies on these facts of climate change, it just ignores it's giant size role in bringing them about.