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> geeks inside Google are much the same as geeks outside. They're just taking a paycheck

That's a huge difference. Between people willing to take blood money and those not.

I wouldn't express it in such drastic words, but it should be obvious that there is a selection bias which leaves out people to even start a job at Google for pure ethical reasons, even though they would rock the interview. To make the statement true ("geeks inside Google are much the same as geeks outside.") the average Google geek would need to be significantly more critical (internally) than the average outsider among the population that does not rule out a Google job for ethical reasons. That's hard to believe.

Good lord people, it’s a search engine and an ad network. Even if you assume the absolute worst of Google in all aspects it’s still at best mild hard to even quantify harm.

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