This is nothing compared to what allegedly happened to QWest. When the US Government was forcing telecom by telecom to install taps into their business's core routing hubs Joseph Nacchio, the CEO at the time, dug his heels in demanding legal avenues to avoid turning his back on QWest's customers. The US threatened to pull out large contracts that made up a large part of QWest's business.
Furthermore, having been served a National Security Letter, Nacchio was not able to speak to his company or shareholders about the situation.
Nacchio continued to insist on legal avenues and Uncle Sam did exactly what it threatened. Nacchio warned major stakeholders that all of the major QWest contracts were about to go belly up.
The US government threw Nacchio in prison for insider trading.
Oh and then QWest went bankrupt and was bought by competitor CenturyLink (who presumably had fewer difficulties complying).
Sometimes the market has more than one invisible hand.
Edit: A good point by a fellow commentor - no independent investigation has been performed into the QWest story. I looked but could not find FOIA information online.
Yes. This meritocracy smells religious in some ways. It speaks to the elite technologist. They begin to value merit, but it gets warped into "merit that is important to me". Smart people are great at biasing themselves into their own strange worlds of monocultute.
Western organisations like Google or universities are spectacular at this. They fill their rooms with asians, women, black people, gays, lesbians, phds of all subjects, and yet they all act and talk like western white males. Yes, even the women.
Coming from a country at the boundary between east and west, poor and developed, civilisation and 3rd world, I find it fascinating how there is less diversity of thought at Google (where people come from all over the place, have all the colors and sexual orientations) then a random group of old people in some fundamentalist rural area in my home country.
I'm intrigued - you put a comment on a public forum, and then days later want to go back and change and/or delete it?
I guess this is simply a time to learn about what happens when you make comments in public. This, by the way, is why politicians never say anything interesting. There's no way to go back and change or delete it.
If you regret what you said, then say so. If you've changed your mind, then say so. the audience here is generally accepting of the fact that people change their mind. If done appropriately, it's a sign of strength.
Furthermore, having been served a National Security Letter, Nacchio was not able to speak to his company or shareholders about the situation.
Nacchio continued to insist on legal avenues and Uncle Sam did exactly what it threatened. Nacchio warned major stakeholders that all of the major QWest contracts were about to go belly up.
The US government threw Nacchio in prison for insider trading.
Oh and then QWest went bankrupt and was bought by competitor CenturyLink (who presumably had fewer difficulties complying).
Sometimes the market has more than one invisible hand.
Edit: A good point by a fellow commentor - no independent investigation has been performed into the QWest story. I looked but could not find FOIA information online.