no. i mean, maybe it’s coming to that. but it wasn’t always thus. google was left-coded for a long time. 1/

it’s a recent development in a US context that identity as for-profit corporations maybe overwhelms the capacity of a collective to deliver social goods. we used to think in a mixed economy, for-profit cos could participate in ecosystems of overall flourishing. 2/

there used to be important distinctions between, say, Palantir and Apple. maybe we’ve let the logic of profit accumulation so overwhelm other goods that the distinction is becoming less tenable. /fin