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		barnabee 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Zedless: Zed fork focused on privacy and being loc... Every human who defines the purpose of their life's work as "to deliver shareholder value" is a failure of society. How sad.

asadm 4 months ago [–]

as opposed to fluff like "make world a better place"?

barnabee 4 months ago | [–]

Defining one's worth by shareholder value is pretty dystopian, so yeah, even "make the world a better place" is preferable, at least if whoever said it really means it…

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