> There is no formal standard of ethical conduct in software for practitioners to use as a baseline for their own behaviour.
Such a baseline standard _must_ exist, and _must_ be created. Every applied technology has started out with dreams to "change the world", only to have those dreams shattered by those obsessed with power.
Such a baseline standard _must_ exist, and _must_ be created. Every applied technology has started out with dreams to "change the world", only to have those dreams shattered by those obsessed with power.
Biology? Biological weapons, nerve agents.
Chemistry? Mustard gas, TNT.
Physics? Nuclear weapons.