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> Nearly 10 years ago, Zuckerberg proclaimed, to paraphrase, that the age of privacy is over. Forgive me if I don't take what he says today seriously at all. F
by kbenson 8y ago
> Nearly 10 years ago, Zuckerberg proclaimed, to paraphrase, that the age of privacy is over. Forgive me if I don't take what he says today seriously at all.
For Zuckerberg, as with mast CEOs, the future is, and always has been, telling potential customers what they want to hear to get them excited about their companies. Nothing conspiratorial about that view either, its part of their job description.
You're right to be leery of anything he says. If only more people wouldn't equate power and fame with trustworthiness.
- microwavecamera 8y ago>For Zuckerberg, as with mast CEOs, the future is, and always has been, telling potential customers what they want to hear to get them excited about their companies. Nothing conspiratorial about that view either, its part of their job description. The executives of a corporation conspiring to mislead the public and conversely it's investors is the very definition of "conspiratorial".
- kbenson 8y agoThere's a difference between statements of fact and opinions like what a company "believes in" or "sees as the future". Both may contain lies, but you can usually only prove something about the factual statements, leaving the rest to be used (and abused) as needed. CEOs are not the only people to take advantage of this.