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csallenyesterday at 6:37 PM1 replyview on HN

Plenty of counterexamples have been provided, people just don't accept them because the definition of ethical is subjective. And when you have circular reasoning that defines making money itself as unethical, then you become impossible to please.

But here's a quick list from the top of my head: Judy Faulkner of Epic Systems, Hamdi Ulukaya from Cobani, the founders of Canva, the founders of Stripe, Tobi Lutke from Shopify, Paul Graham himself, Taylor Swift, Beyonce, George Lucas, Roger Federer, J.K. Rowling. Probably dozens/hundreds of others.

If you do something that somebody likes and they give you $1000, that's ethical. But if you do something a million people like, and they give you $1000, then you're a billionaire, somehow you must be unethical?


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callmealyesterday at 10:04 PM

I just took a quick look at the first person on your list: Judy Faulkner of Epic Systems

Umm - a healthcare company selling patient health records. I'm willing to bet a lot of those records were not obtained through ethical disclosure and most patients would refuse to have private details of their health sold to anyone who wanted it.

Ok, let's take a look at the next: Hamdi Ulukaya from Chobani

https://www.kirkland.com/news/in-the-news/2014/04/chobani-ce...

Right. I'd better stop now.

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