The idea behind Facebook is all well and good, but lacking Google's "Don't be evil" ethos, Zuckerberg moved fast and broke things before he understood where Facebook was headed and what it was breaking. It didn't have to be this way. Facebook could have been a grand uniting force and still made everyone involved a SHIT-TON of money. The …
The idea behind Facebook is all well and good, but lacking Google's "Don't be evil" ethos, Zuckerberg moved fast and broke things before he understood where Facebook was headed and what it was breaking. It didn't have to be this way. Facebook could have been a grand uniting force and still made everyone involved a SHIT-TON of money. The problem is that Zuckerberg and his way-smarter-than-thou minions weren't smart enough to outwit evil. In a game of cosmic one-on-one, evil ALWAYS wins.
They ran before they could walk. They swallowed before they could chew. Before they knew it, they'd created a monster and had no way to pull it back into the barn. It's sad, really; such a good idea so thoroughly corrupted by people who weren't nearly as smart as they gave themselves credit for. What should have been a good thing for human kind is now thoroughly and completely gefickt.
"A good idea so thoroughly corrupted by people who weren't nearly as smart as they gave themselves credit for." That gets five stars, Jack. Brilliantly said.
The Wall Street Journal has a whole series (from what I hear) about the Evils of Facebook. If you have a subscription (or a hack), I'd love to get your take on it.
The idea behind Facebook is all well and good, but lacking Google's "Don't be evil" ethos, Zuckerberg moved fast and broke things before he understood where Facebook was headed and what it was breaking. It didn't have to be this way. Facebook could have been a grand uniting force and still made everyone involved a SHIT-TON of money. The problem is that Zuckerberg and his way-smarter-than-thou minions weren't smart enough to outwit evil. In a game of cosmic one-on-one, evil ALWAYS wins.
They ran before they could walk. They swallowed before they could chew. Before they knew it, they'd created a monster and had no way to pull it back into the barn. It's sad, really; such a good idea so thoroughly corrupted by people who weren't nearly as smart as they gave themselves credit for. What should have been a good thing for human kind is now thoroughly and completely gefickt.
"A good idea so thoroughly corrupted by people who weren't nearly as smart as they gave themselves credit for." That gets five stars, Jack. Brilliantly said.
The Wall Street Journal has a whole series (from what I hear) about the Evils of Facebook. If you have a subscription (or a hack), I'd love to get your take on it.