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The Ethics of Defense Technology Development: An Investor’s Perspective

Trae Stephens
Dec 4, 2019 · 14 min read

AA great deal of ink has been spilled on activism inside tech companies regarding the ethics of doing business with the defense community. Much of the current debate within the U.S. technology community tends to frame the issues in binary terms: technologists have a choice — to participate in the “business of war” (as a recent letter by Google employees put it) and…

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Trae Stephens

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Trae Stephens is a Partner at Founders Fund, where he focuses on startups operating in the government space.

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