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Why "Don't Be Evil" is Wrong for Startups

2 pointsby brennenHNover 11 years ago

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jessepollakover 11 years ago
In here, you talk a lot about scale vs. binary (evil vs. good). Shouldn&#x27;t you also examine the morals of different startups on this sliding scale? Would you say that Google&#x27;s &quot;Don&#x27;t be evil&quot; motto is worse than nothing? Better than nothing? Somewhere in between?<p>Isn&#x27;t Google making a conscious effort to try and do <i>something</i> (even if it&#x27;s a little misguided) better than all the companies who don&#x27;t do <i>anything</i>?