On: California Senate votes to allow self-driving cars

[adgar]

As a Google employee unaware of any of our lobbying in this matter, I would suggest you ask yourself these questions:

1. Why would Google lobby to produce a unanimous vote, which is not necessary to pass such a law?

2. If Google did so, what would the marginal cost of each superfluously lobbied vote be? Consider that the 37th voter on the fence can ask for a whole lot in such a scenario.

3. Is the marginal cost of lobbying to convince each and every of the 37 voters worth whatever benefit you derived in the first question?

[fear91 → adgar]

All I need to know is that Google spends more on lobbying than Apple, Microsoft and Facebook combined.

[adgar → fear91]

Why is that all you need to know? Is the intent behind an action - and that action's outcome - irrelevant to your ethics system?