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Keynote: Embedded Ethics by Patricia Aas

EuroBSDCon · talk · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

Patricia Aas's EuroBSDCon keynote is about ethics for people who build software, covering how the tech industry got to its current state and what engineers can do about it. It steps back from technical detail to the bigger picture.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters strongly recommend it as a thoughtful talk on tech worker ethics that has not aged.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 3 strong recommendations
  • first 2019, last 2020

What HN commenters said

  1. “Watch this keynote talk by Patricia Aas. It's called Embedded Ethics.”

    Keynote on embedded ethics aimed at tech workers

    notaplumber, 2019-11 · Strong recommendation · in “Update: UniFi Phone Home/Performance Data Collection”

  2. “It really resonated with my thoughts, how I've viewed the tech world and my (tiny) part in it.”

    Engineer explains tech worker ethics, how we got here, and fixes

    simpss, 2019-11 · Strong recommendation · in “Slack’s new WYSIWYG input box is terrible”

  3. “Hasn't aged one bit. If anything Patricia is spot on pretty much everything.”

    Keynote that has not aged and is spot on

    marios, 2020-12 · Strong recommendation · in “Ask HN: Best Talks of 2020?”

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Topics: ethics, privacy, tech workers, keynote, security

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