Globalization hates you, so meditate
Dec. 5th, 2010 01:06 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lightcastleFrom Global Guerrillas, two depressing thoughts.
The major internet companies are built on a model of cognitive slavery.
Globalization has brought about a set of sociopathic ethics wherein the only tests used to judge someone's behaviour are:
# Does it make you money or its equivalent? The corollary is that the greater the amount of money acquired, the better the behavior is.
# Did you get away with it? This test is merely based on legal enforceability (were you caught in a place that matters) and the degree of punishment (will the punishment negate or exceed the benefit of the behavior). Morality, virtue, ethics, shame, actual legality, etc. aren't considered factors.
This is because these are the only behavioural tests which can be agreed on globally.
Pretty nasty thought.
On a lighter note, a weird digression in the comments section gives us two meditation exercises.
The major internet companies are built on a model of cognitive slavery.
Globalization has brought about a set of sociopathic ethics wherein the only tests used to judge someone's behaviour are:
# Does it make you money or its equivalent? The corollary is that the greater the amount of money acquired, the better the behavior is.
# Did you get away with it? This test is merely based on legal enforceability (were you caught in a place that matters) and the degree of punishment (will the punishment negate or exceed the benefit of the behavior). Morality, virtue, ethics, shame, actual legality, etc. aren't considered factors.
This is because these are the only behavioural tests which can be agreed on globally.
Pretty nasty thought.
On a lighter note, a weird digression in the comments section gives us two meditation exercises.
