No company survives forever...every company eventually declines, and then either shuts down or gets acquired. It's clear Facebook won't just disappear--its asse

No company survives forever...every company eventually declines, and then either shuts down or gets acquired. It's clear Facebook won't just disappear--its assets (data) are too valuable. Intriguing questions to ask: what happens when Facebook does eventually decline? How much is Facebook's data worth? Who will ultimately acquire it? And perhaps more critically: what will their intentions be? This is why Zuckerberg's opinions / testifying don't really matter. He's created a tool that's more powerful and more dangerous than humans have any business creating. As with any such tool, it will be used to wreak havoc sooner or later...even if he's an innocent, well-meaning guy, he will not always be the one in charge of this power. I think of Facebook's power as similar to that of the atomic bomb. Yes it's a triumph of human ingenuity, and it can be used for good, but there's a catastrophic flip side.