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Companies do not make the world better.


Individuals can use their roles at companies to make the world better (whatever that means to them).

Also, companies are not the only kind of group someone can join (for money or not) with the goal of improving the world.


The company that made my robot vacuum cleaner definitely made my world better.


No, your robot vaccuum cleaner itself made _your_ life better. The _company_ made _the_ world worse, by over-charging, exploiting, and polluting. The fact that they happened to create a product that you personally enjoy does not negate the overall negative effect.


If the consumer thinks of himself as the center of the world, The Main Character so to speak, then the robot vacuum cleaner "made the world better."


The Kool Aid is strong, remember this is the forum of an incubator. One has to believe to drink the whole cup.




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