Re: Saying “Do no evil ” excludes you from any serious conversation about Google

(Fixing reply to go to kragen-discuss. Sigh, I guess I should fix that.)

On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 01:03:47PM +0200, Danny Ayers wrote:
> To be honest I'd forgotten their exact wording, and as you say it
> makes a big difference.
> 
> Tangentially the last comment here might amuse:
> http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/2001/08/Praying-For-Satans-Soul.aspx?p=4
> 
> - I think you could derive from that while "Don't be evil" can't apply
> to the devil (by definition), but "Don't do evil" must always apply
> because he has no free will and hence is incapable of sin

That's an amusing hypothesis.  But can a hypothetical person without free will
either do or be evil?

> re. Google - the vast majority of the individuals that work for them
> I've encountered seem to have extremely good intentions, but
> personally find the dominance of the company as a whole getting a bit
> worrying. But I do use gmail.

Yeah, I don't know quite what to do about that.

Kragen
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