"Good" isn't good enough

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“Good” isn’t good enough Ben Green Harvard University bgreen@g.harvard.edu Abstract Despite widespread enthusiasm among computer scientists to contribute to “social good,” the field’s efforts to promote good lack a rigorous foundation in politics or social change. There is limited discourse regarding what “good” actually entails, and instead a reliance on vague notions of what aspects…

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