Ed Zitron

It led to the Department of Transportation and the passage of seatbelt laws in 49 states and a bunch of other things that can get overlooked.

It led to the Department of Transportation and the passage of seatbelt laws in 49 states and a bunch of other things that can get overlooked.

It led to the Department of Transportation and the passage of seatbelt laws in 49 states and a bunch of other things that can get overlooked.

But the tech industry is somehow inoculated against any kind of public pressure or shame because it operates in this completely different world with this different rulebook and a different criteria for success, as well as this completely different set of expectations.

But the tech industry is somehow inoculated against any kind of public pressure or shame because it operates in this completely different world with this different rulebook and a different criteria for success, as well as this completely different set of expectations.

But the tech industry is somehow inoculated against any kind of public pressure or shame because it operates in this completely different world with this different rulebook and a different criteria for success, as well as this completely different set of expectations.

By allowing the market to become disconnected from the value it creates, we enable companies like, I don't know, Nvidia, that reduce the quality of their services so they make more money for their GeForce Now service. Or Facebook. They can just destroy our political discourse so they can facilitate genocide in Myanmar.

By allowing the market to become disconnected from the value it creates, we enable companies like, I don't know, Nvidia, that reduce the quality of their services so they make more money for their GeForce Now service. Or Facebook. They can just destroy our political discourse so they can facilitate genocide in Myanmar.

By allowing the market to become disconnected from the value it creates, we enable companies like, I don't know, Nvidia, that reduce the quality of their services so they make more money for their GeForce Now service. Or Facebook. They can just destroy our political discourse so they can facilitate genocide in Myanmar.

And then, well, they get headlines about how good a CEO Mark Zuckerberg is and how cool his chains are and how everything's just fine with Facebook and they're making more money. No, no. I actually want to take a step back, though. I want to take a little bit of a step back. I previously mentioned, I said it twice now, oh, Meta enables genocide and it destroys our political discourse.

And then, well, they get headlines about how good a CEO Mark Zuckerberg is and how cool his chains are and how everything's just fine with Facebook and they're making more money. No, no. I actually want to take a step back, though. I want to take a little bit of a step back. I previously mentioned, I said it twice now, oh, Meta enables genocide and it destroys our political discourse.

And then, well, they get headlines about how good a CEO Mark Zuckerberg is and how cool his chains are and how everything's just fine with Facebook and they're making more money. No, no. I actually want to take a step back, though. I want to take a little bit of a step back. I previously mentioned, I said it twice now, oh, Meta enables genocide and it destroys our political discourse.

I want to be clear. When I say that everything is justified at Meta, I'm actually quoting their chief technology officer. That's quite literally what Andrew Bosworth said in an internal memo from 2016, where he said that, and I quote,

I want to be clear. When I say that everything is justified at Meta, I'm actually quoting their chief technology officer. That's quite literally what Andrew Bosworth said in an internal memo from 2016, where he said that, and I quote,

I want to be clear. When I say that everything is justified at Meta, I'm actually quoting their chief technology officer. That's quite literally what Andrew Bosworth said in an internal memo from 2016, where he said that, and I quote,

All the work Facebook does in growth is justified, even if that includes, and I'm quoting him directly, somebody dying in a terrorist attack coordinated using Facebook's tools. Now, the mere mention of violent crime is enough to create reams of articles questioning whether society is safe and whether we need more plastic in our Walgreens.

All the work Facebook does in growth is justified, even if that includes, and I'm quoting him directly, somebody dying in a terrorist attack coordinated using Facebook's tools. Now, the mere mention of violent crime is enough to create reams of articles questioning whether society is safe and whether we need more plastic in our Walgreens.

All the work Facebook does in growth is justified, even if that includes, and I'm quoting him directly, somebody dying in a terrorist attack coordinated using Facebook's tools. Now, the mere mention of violent crime is enough to create reams of articles questioning whether society is safe and whether we need more plastic in our Walgreens.

Yet our digital lives are this wasteland that people still discuss like a utopia. Seriously, putting aside the social networks, have you visited a website on the phone recently? Have you tried to use a new app? Have you tried to buy something online starting with a Google search? Within those experiences, has anything gone wrong? You know it. I know it has. You know it has. It's time to wake up.

Yet our digital lives are this wasteland that people still discuss like a utopia. Seriously, putting aside the social networks, have you visited a website on the phone recently? Have you tried to use a new app? Have you tried to buy something online starting with a Google search? Within those experiences, has anything gone wrong? You know it. I know it has. You know it has. It's time to wake up.