Comments on: Bill Gates Respect! Steve Jobs Sexy!

By: Ivy

Ivy — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:12:26 +0000

Hello Zahid. Thanks for commenting. But Bill Gates never gave or wrote such a speech. It’s just an internet forward.

http://www.snopes.com/language/document/liferule.asp

By: Zahid

Zahid — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:54:52 +0000

hmm

Read Bill gate rules

http://blog.decentmart.com/2008/07/24/11-golden-rules-by-bill-gates/

By: Julie

Julie — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 02:02:52 +0000

I was actually thinking of how much (then) Steve Jobs looked more like Tom Cruise (a plumpier version, I guess) than Ashton….

By: Priscilla

Priscilla — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:50:40 +0000

I have always adored Bill Gates. Haha I didn’t know Steve Jobs was so cute before though.

By: Ivy

Ivy — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 06:31:15 +0000

Hahaha!! I love the Jon Stewart part best too!!

By: katy

katy — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 05:34:38 +0000

LOL that video was hilarious! I think Bill Gates is amazing for everything he’s accomplished… I wish I could’ve done that. Haha yeah right =S

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:39:23 +0000

The video is just hilarious . . . ROFTL!

Ethical or not, our society is run and modernized by such companies.

By: Ivy

Ivy — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:44:45 +0000

@Sigg3: I read a few business ethics books. (And Mill too!) These books seem to favor utilitarianism. The business elite like to think utilitarianism is one of the de facto standards of morality because it’s one of the theories that provides many loopholes for them to conduct unethical practices.

I personally don’t mind so much that it’s being used in business ethics, since the negative externalities caused to society are not too high when it’s done by one company. I do mind, however, when it comes to politics. A slight perversion of the utilitarian theory can condone things like genocide in the realm of politics.

My version of morality is simple, it’s the golden rule. (Very Kant, I suppose.) I just prefer not to judge when I don’t know what the truth of the matter is.

By: Barron

Barron — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:41:48 +0000

That video was funny. I like the Jon Stewart part the best. The ending about the $7 haircut was great too.

By: Sigg3

Sigg3 — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:00:50 +0000

I agree. There are a lot of pointless flaming wars going on. Myself I use linux at home and XP Pro at work.
Thanks for the tip, I’ll check out the article:)

Yes, I’ve read Mill and Bentham but I still don’t think utilitarianism is a de facto standard at all. It’s more like self-deceit. But I recognize that many politicians (in democracy at least) use utilitarian arguments.

For me it’s an issue of distinguishing between a faculty of planning/explaining and the faculty/-ies of conscience.