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Sad to see that so many smart people in our industry lend themselves to work for Facebook. There are great tech innovations that come out of Facebook, but that
by mosselman 8y ago
Sad to see that so many smart people in our industry lend themselves to work for Facebook. There are great tech innovations that come out of Facebook, but that doesn't weigh up to the damage they are doing to society.
Sam Harris has released two great podcasts that discuss how Facebook, and other companies like them, choose to earn money from, amongst other things, radicalising and polarising people in our societies:
https://samharris.org/podcasts/146-digital-capitalism/ https://samharris.org/podcasts/146-digital-capitalism/
https://samharris.org/podcasts/145-information-war/ https://samharris.org/podcasts/145-information-war/
and to some extent:
https://samharris.org/podcasts/144-conquering-hate/ https://samharris.org/podcasts/144-conquering-hate/
I recommend these highly.