Does it? I feel like we've seen tons of companies advertise lofty humanist goals, only to back away from them and declare "Actually we're a business and we serve our customers. It's not our job to save the world."
Does it? I feel like we've seen tons of companies advertise lofty humanist goals, only to back away from them and declare "Actually we're a business and we serve our customers. It's not our job to save the world."
Maybe Sherwin Williams with their slogan?
Even Exxon Mobile will say the same. You have to look at the details and what they actually do.
People missing that also usually miss the following:
* What the legion critics of Zuck and Facebook miss is that the company legitimately has the goal of connecting people
* What the legion critics of Page and Google miss is that the company legitimately has the goal of doing no evil
Luckily corporations are not the only kind of human organization. We also have governments of various kinds and scales, international coalitions, non-profits, churches, universities, etc.
There is this weird idea that corporations are the answer to everything.
Name one thing Bezos is doing that isn't about himself. I liked his "thank you" to Amazon customers (I for sure helped get him into space) -- but it was simultaneously very off-putting, and I'm not surprised he's completely blind to that reaction. Kudos to him for his success, which I respect, but I find nothing about him to admire.
He has saved me an enormous amount of time and gas because I don't go to the mall anymore.
I.e. Bezos makes money for himself by providing a service people find worth paying for.