Remember Steve Jobs' quote about A players hiring A players? There is a similar pattern at play here where the D-level folks (in terms of ethics) hire E and F-l

Remember Steve Jobs' quote about A players hiring A players? There is a similar pattern at play here where the D-level folks (in terms of ethics) hire E and F-level folks and on it goes. You only need one ethically compromised individual at the top - e.g. Zuck, and soon the org is infested with replicas of similarly compromised folks. >>respect to the addictiveness of its product You forgot to mention that this addictiveness is not even a natural thing - it has been refined and A/B tested with 1% improvement week over week until the user base has been turned into the 21st century version of Pavlov's dogs - that image is exactly what I see when I look at people who get anxiety over a lack of instant messages for a WHOLE 15 MINUTES.