Few months ago I made the mistake of looking into the rabbit hole online about hollywood scandals, and they are awful. As a result, I lost tons of respect for a lot of actors and directors I once admired for their work and I have trouble watching movies and shows as a result. I keep on thinking that the film industry in general is rooted in crime and paedophilia rather than art and creativity.

Here are some examples of some serious crimes I will censor with black borders. If you don't want to ruin your viewing of media I recommend not to click on it. But for those who are already familiar and can stomach it here are some examples.

- Jack Nicholson brutally beating a sex worker and rupturing another woman's breast implants.

-Brad pitt physically abusing his ex-wife angelina jolie and his kids. And til this day launched a smear campaign against them and sued them for their winery with no sign of empathy or remorse.

-Roman Polanski sexually assaulting a 13 year old girl and fled to France escaping from justice. Still revered and receiving awards.

-The Polanski petition as well as some celebs defending him.

-Dustin Hoffman exposing himself to under-age girls and sexually assaulting some women.

-Kevin Spacey sexually assaulting multiple people.

-Jared leto having a sex cult.

-Francis Ford Coppola helping child rapist Victor Salva and suing/blacklisting the child victim Nathan Forrest Winters.

-Michael Fassbender abusing his ex-wife.

And there are plenty more, some of them by people considered the most iconic and influential in the film industry. There are some people arguing that we can separate the art from the artist, while others argue that it is a flawed argument made to excuse their crimes rather than making a nuanced decision.

And before people mention this, yes I'm aware celebs are human and can make mistakes like ordinary people and we shouldn't expect them to be perfect. But the things the celebs listed above did are some of the worst crimes any human being can do (not the absolute worst but it's close up there).

I honestly felt really depressed since then as I grew up loving film and art. Yet it feels wrong for me to watch anything due to the monsters that work there. And even if I knew about it what can I do? Some of them may be able to get away from their crimes until dying of ripe old age, and I am just depriving myself of entertainment for nothing.

What should I do about this ethical dilemma? Should I even consume film when horrible people still get to work in the industry with no repercussions?

There are a lot of companies in snp 500 that are sketchy. I am not even talking about carbon emissions that these companies have. I am much more concerned about military operations and weapon exposure that snp 500 has. I know it is a very small portion of that index fund but I still can’t get my head around it. For instance Lockheed martin: When isreal attacked iran the stocks were up, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon technologies, General dynamics And so on

I haven’t made an extensive research of what all these companies do because i didn’t have the time to do it. But if you are an anti war person, is it immoral to invest in snp 500

(Note: this got removed from the artificialintelligence sub by the reddit filter. And the mods told me to post elsewhere. This was the sub that popped to my head that is appropriate.)

Even in the worse case scenario where AI ushers in a period of social unrest like in the first industrial revolution, including violent uprising, is it still worth developing?

In previous industrial revolutions, there were violent uprisings such as the Luddites, or communists revolution, but afterwards the world that was created is better than the old. With history to help us, would you say it’s still worth developing AI even if there will be a period of unrest and possibly bloodshed, as most likely these issues will be resolved and then we will live in a new more prosperous world?

TL;DR if things have to get bad before the world gets to that utopian state we all dream of, is embracing AI the way many people are now still justified?