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Placing so much blame on individuals like Zuck and Sandberg is already a stretch. Though leaders have a huge influence, and should bear the responsibility, this
by danjl 2y ago
Placing so much blame on individuals like Zuck and Sandberg is already a stretch. Though leaders have a huge influence, and should bear the responsibility, this piece tries to make it seem like it is those individuals that caused the perceived problems. It even implies that they had "bad" motivations, which is really reaching. Describing the stock classes, the article implies an enormous amount of detailed control on company behavior via stock ownership, which is generally not the case at any large company. Corporate boards don't generally get into features and implementations and stick to strategy. The argument is further undermined by what seems like some sort of personal vendetta from the author.
- LightFog 2y agoYou are trying to suggest that Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t have a detailed knowledge and control over core Meta features, nor knowledge of the societal damage they can do?
- danjl 2y agoNo, I am not. You are employing a logical fallacy known as "Denying the antecedent". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denying_the_antecedent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denying_the_antecedent
- LightFog 2y agoNot intentionally if so - I must be missing something more subtle in your comment.
- firecall 2y agoI read it exactly as you did. Not sure how your response can be framed as 'Denying the antecedent'. :-/
- zaphirplane 2y agoMy casual reading of the thread says you are falling for a variance of the fallacy Someone isn’t knowledgeable and responsible for every detail of every feature means they are responsible and knowledgeable for none
- parineum 2y ago> Placing so much blame on individuals like Zuck and Sandberg is already a stretch. This clearly implies that sime blame is warranted.
- zaphirplane 2y agoCEO sets the culture of a company, the how to get to the generic make money target. They are not the best engineer, sales or accountant. They have a massive influence on how those are done on across dimensions like ethics, risk, legal