Inside joke for IE's.
Had dinner with an old friend earlier. Among the things we talked about was about how there wasn’t much black-and-white anymore, but more gray. Yea, similar to what I’ve been mentioning in my last few posts.
Among the things mentioned was antivirus companies writing and releasing their own viruses into cyberspace to infect computers and thus give those system owners a reason to purchase their software. How about the possibility of H1N1 being manufactured so a certain company(s) could sell the vaccine(s)? Doctors and teachers are the so-called noble, self-sacrificial people who literally work to put themselves out of a job. If everyone was smart and healthy (enough), what would they be left to do? Is it therefore in their best interest to keep some people less smart and healthy? How does the effort and reward system apply to these people?
It’s a circle that is simple in terms of cause and effect, but has serious reverberations in terms of the ethics involved. So where does it begin and where does it end? Does anyone really know? All we know is that the golden rule has been in effect since the great industrial revolution of long ago, when the rich took control of industries as well as education. “The one who has the gold makes the rules.”
Tags: cause and effect, golden rule
