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Re:100 years of whatever this will be by chii on Thursday December 02, 2021 @10:56PM (#29426456)
> people working on Uber’s technology would prefer to build a system whose social impact they could be proud of

the author omitted the part where those people would prefer to also keep the compensation they receive currently. And it is this constraint that prevents people from "building systems with great (positive) social impact that they can be proud of".

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Re:100 years of whatever this will be by beckman466 on Monday December 13, 2021 @10:38PM (#29547928)
> the author omitted the part where those people would prefer to also keep the compensation they receive currently.

well yes, that's what happens when the means of production are privately owned: workers have to sell their labor.

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