Values Driven Development
summary
A personal case study shows a boarding school adopting light sessions — forced public confessions turned culture-control — and maps that escalation to tech failures where speed and technique override ethics. Examples include a DIY self‑driving hack tested on a public highway, Boeing’s retrofit that used MCAS with a single angle of attack sensor and contributes to 346 deaths, and corporate shifts away from “don’t be evil.” The conclusion pushes for engineering‑style liability and mandatory ethics training for software work.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction and context
- 1:44Technology's lost way
- 4:20Personal experience in a cult
- 10:44The ethics of technique
- 17:38Consequences of blind pursuit
- 24:33Erosion of corporate values
- 29:47Charismatic leadership risks
- 35:12Taking action and ethics
- 41:34Q&A and closing thoughts
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