From 5d3b677eb9b559c0d3cc5b7ae46f5255a1112450 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Flancian <0@flancia.org> Date: Wed, 8 May 2024 00:15:31 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] autopushed --- Open Letter to Google.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Open Letter to Google.md b/Open Letter to Google.md index c26acd6d4..7fccd9429 100644 --- a/Open Letter to Google.md +++ b/Open Letter to Google.md @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ Instead I believe the answer is to try to inch closer to what could be called an ## Who I am and why I wrote this -I'm a random nerd who got lucky, as many I know :) After growing up in Argentina in the digital context that seems to be becoming known as the [[golden age of the internet]] as experienced from [[Argentina]] around the turn of the millenium, I joined Google in [[2012]] believing the [[founders]] cared about the health of the internet and the good of society ahead of profits, and showed it through their public actions and their treatment of employees and users. Google used and developed open protocols like [[XMPP]] and [[WebRTC]]. Google contributed to [[open source]] and the internet [[commons]] before it was cool. Google proved that companies could treat their employees very well -- clearly better than average! high-percentile-well -- and still make a more than sufficient (i.e. a shitload) of money. +I'm a random nerd who got lucky, as many I know :) After coming of age in Argentina in the digital context that seems to be becoming known as the [[golden age of the internet]] around the turn of the millenium, I studied literature and computer science and joined Google in [[2012]] believing the [[founders]] cared about the health of the internet and the good of society ahead of profits, and showed it through their public actions and their treatment of employees and users. Google used and developed open protocols like [[XMPP]] and [[WebRTC]]. Google contributed to [[open source]] and the internet [[commons]] before it was cool. Google proved that companies could treat their employees very well -- clearly better than average! high-percentile-well -- and still make a more than sufficient (i.e. a shitload) of money. So why be evil, indeed, if you can be good and get away with it? Make money while still increasing total utility and happiness?