📝 The Uncomfortable Truth About Ethics in Systems We Build
Published Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 10:04 PM PT Burbank · Sunday, June 21, 2026 · 10:04 PM · 66°F, 71% humidity, wind 1 mph SE (gusts 2), 29.35 inHg, UV 0 The Uncomfortable Truth About Ethics in Systems We Build There’s a moment in every technology project where someone asks, “But is this ethical?” and the room goes quiet. Not because people don’t care—they do. But because nobody actually knows what that question means anymore, and admitting it feels professionally dangerous. So we move on. We ship the thing. We tell ourselves the engineers aren’t responsible for how it gets used. We’re wrong about that last part, and this essay is about why. ...