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-Everyone knows about the ethical crimes committed by the big guys like Facebook<ref>Ryan Mac and Sheera Frenkel ''Internal Alarm, Public Shrugs: Facebook’s Employees Dissect Its Election Role'' New York Times (2021-10-22) https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/22/technology/facebook-election-misinformation.html</ref>, but that big problem is the hordes of graduates from Computer Science schools like Stanford  who treat the education as a prelude to an LPO<ref name=Marantz/>.
+Everyone knows about the ethical crimes committed by the big guys like Facebook<ref>Ryan Mac and Sheera Frenkel ''Internal Alarm, Public Shrugs: Facebook’s Employees Dissect Its Election Role'' New York Times (2021-10-22) https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/22/technology/facebook-election-misinformation.html</ref>, but that big problem is the hordes of graduates from Computer Science schools like Stanford  who treat the education as a prelude to an LPO.<ref name=Marantz/> Most professions, including most engineering degrees, require ethical behavior to perform as a professional. Computer Science aspires to be a profession, but ethics appears to be entirely optional.
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-Everyone knows about the ethical crimes committed by the big guys like Facebook<ref>Ryan Mac and Sheera Frenkel ''Internal Alarm, Public Shrugs: Facebook’s Employees Dissect Its Election Role'' New York Times (2021-10-22) https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/22/technology/facebook-election-misinformation.html</ref>, but that big problem is the hordes of graduates from Computer Science schools like Stanford.
+Everyone knows about the ethical crimes committed by the big guys like Facebook<ref>Ryan Mac and Sheera Frenkel ''Internal Alarm, Public Shrugs: Facebook’s Employees Dissect Its Election Role'' New York Times (2021-10-22) https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/22/technology/facebook-election-misinformation.html</ref>, but that big problem is the hordes of graduates from Computer Science schools like Stanford  who treat the education as a prelude to an LPO<ref name=Marantz/>.
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-More editorials are written<ref>Andrew Marantz, ''Good Intentions'', New Yorker (2021-10-25) p 20-21</ref> lately using the short story "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas'<ref>Ursula Le Guin, ''The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas'' in The Wind's Twelve Quarters: Stories (2004-01-01) ISBN 978-0060914349</ref> where the well-being of the entire community of Omelas is conditioned on the suffering of just one child of its residents. On the surface everything seems to be wonderful, but one by one the citizens leave and no one needs to ask them why they leave. This story seems to embody the issues addressing the employees of the large social networks today that decide to ignore the suffering of the few for benefit of the employees and shareholder.
+More editorials are written<ref name=Marantz>Andrew Marantz, ''Good Intentions'', New Yorker (2021-10-25) p 20-21</ref> lately using the short story "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas'<ref>Ursula Le Guin, ''The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas'' in The Wind's Twelve Quarters: Stories (2004-01-01) ISBN 978-0060914349</ref> where the well-being of the entire community of Omelas is conditioned on the suffering of just one child of its residents. On the surface everything seems to be wonderful, but one by one the citizens leave and no one needs to ask them why they leave. This story seems to embody the issues addressing the employees of the large social networks today that decide to ignore the suffering of the few for benefit of the employees and shareholder.
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-More editorials are written<ref>''Good Intentions'', New Yorker (2021-10-25) p 20-21</ref> lately using the short story "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas'<ref>Ursula Le Guin, ''The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas'' in The Wind's Twelve Quarters: Stories (2004-01-01) ISBN 978-0060914349</ref> where the well-being of the entire community of Omelas is conditioned on the suffering of just one child of its residents. On the surface everything seems to be wonderful, but one by one the citizens leave and no one needs to ask them why they leave. This story seems to embody the issues addressing the employees of the large social networks today that decide to ignore the suffering of the few for benefit of the employees and shareholder.
+More editorials are written<ref>Andrew Marantz, ''Good Intentions'', New Yorker (2021-10-25) p 20-21</ref> lately using the short story "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas'<ref>Ursula Le Guin, ''The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas'' in The Wind's Twelve Quarters: Stories (2004-01-01) ISBN 978-0060914349</ref> where the well-being of the entire community of Omelas is conditioned on the suffering of just one child of its residents. On the surface everything seems to be wonderful, but one by one the citizens leave and no one needs to ask them why they leave. This story seems to embody the issues addressing the employees of the large social networks today that decide to ignore the suffering of the few for benefit of the employees and shareholder.
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-How long can any one person stay in an ecosystem that depends on the misery of even one other person?
+How long can any one person remain in an ecosystem that depends on the misery of even one other person?
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-Some crimes against the social order, like fostering [[Anarchy]] are couched in terms of personal liberty. Don't be deceived by block-chain schemes that people can prosper without a strong government that promotes the rule of law, society cannot prosper.<ref>Daron Acemoglu +1 '''Why Nations Fail'' (2013-09-17) ISBN 978-0307719225</ref>
+Some crimes against the social order, like fostering [[Anarchy]], are couched in terms of personal liberty. Don't be deceived by block-chain schemes that people can prosper without a strong government that promotes the rule of law, society cannot prosper.<ref>Daron Acemoglu +1 '''Why Nations Fail'' (2013-09-17) ISBN 978-0307719225</ref>
 The question that everyone needs to ask themselves is: "Are my personal preferences more important than the survival of our human ecosystem?"

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-Some crimes against the social order, like fostering [[Anarchy]] are couched in terms of personal liberty. Don't be deceived without a strong government that promotes the rule of law, society cannot prosper.<ref></ref>
+Some crimes against the social order, like fostering [[Anarchy]] are couched in terms of personal liberty. Don't be deceived without a strong government that promotes the rule of law, society cannot prosper.<ref>''Why Nations Fail ISBN </ref>
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