Mike Isaac
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I mean, on a really base level for him and for Priscilla, I think there's part of it where they're like, we are billionaires trying to give away all of our money to you and you're still giving me the middle finger. What is that about, right?
Like there's a lot of how are you being this ungrateful or spiteful or like me clearly trying to do what I think is the right thing and still not, like I can't win sort of thing. I try to be a correctly behaving selfless billionaire and you say that instead it's all me being manipulative or trying to make this work to my ends. So why even try in some of these regards?
Like there's a lot of how are you being this ungrateful or spiteful or like me clearly trying to do what I think is the right thing and still not, like I can't win sort of thing. I try to be a correctly behaving selfless billionaire and you say that instead it's all me being manipulative or trying to make this work to my ends. So why even try in some of these regards?
Like there's a lot of how are you being this ungrateful or spiteful or like me clearly trying to do what I think is the right thing and still not, like I can't win sort of thing. I try to be a correctly behaving selfless billionaire and you say that instead it's all me being manipulative or trying to make this work to my ends. So why even try in some of these regards?
As CZI, their philanthropic arm, sort of grows in Dobbs came and struck down Roe v. Wade, there were folks inside who wanted to make a strong stand against that and focus on giving money to abortion aid across different states in the country. And there was a moment where Priscilla internally sent a memo saying, our mission is not to focus on this. We need to focus on other things.
As CZI, their philanthropic arm, sort of grows in Dobbs came and struck down Roe v. Wade, there were folks inside who wanted to make a strong stand against that and focus on giving money to abortion aid across different states in the country. And there was a moment where Priscilla internally sent a memo saying, our mission is not to focus on this. We need to focus on other things.
As CZI, their philanthropic arm, sort of grows in Dobbs came and struck down Roe v. Wade, there were folks inside who wanted to make a strong stand against that and focus on giving money to abortion aid across different states in the country. And there was a moment where Priscilla internally sent a memo saying, our mission is not to focus on this. We need to focus on other things.
Like, basically any... Throw a dart at the dartboard of contentious social issues of our time. And they were like, we do not want to touch that shit anymore. Let's focus on... STEM and science and cancer research and eliminating all disease is the thing he likes to say, right?
Like, basically any... Throw a dart at the dartboard of contentious social issues of our time. And they were like, we do not want to touch that shit anymore. Let's focus on... STEM and science and cancer research and eliminating all disease is the thing he likes to say, right?
Like, basically any... Throw a dart at the dartboard of contentious social issues of our time. And they were like, we do not want to touch that shit anymore. Let's focus on... STEM and science and cancer research and eliminating all disease is the thing he likes to say, right?
And that, I think, is the thing they shifted more toward as they had to worry about, you know, does this put a political target on our back?
And that, I think, is the thing they shifted more toward as they had to worry about, you know, does this put a political target on our back?
And that, I think, is the thing they shifted more toward as they had to worry about, you know, does this put a political target on our back?
when internally people were speaking out about it obviously but like what would happen would be some employees would go after other employees for saying you're not speaking out in the way i would like you to right or you're not being vocal enough you're not tweeting about it you're not posting about it or whatever and i think any reasonable person could have a discussion whether you think that's okay or not right like i think that's fine to argue
when internally people were speaking out about it obviously but like what would happen would be some employees would go after other employees for saying you're not speaking out in the way i would like you to right or you're not being vocal enough you're not tweeting about it you're not posting about it or whatever and i think any reasonable person could have a discussion whether you think that's okay or not right like i think that's fine to argue
when internally people were speaking out about it obviously but like what would happen would be some employees would go after other employees for saying you're not speaking out in the way i would like you to right or you're not being vocal enough you're not tweeting about it you're not posting about it or whatever and i think any reasonable person could have a discussion whether you think that's okay or not right like i think that's fine to argue
But it ended up in this really contentious point inside of Facebook where, you know, the company endorsed it at one point, but what are the limits of that? Where should they intervene and say, you're not allowed to say this anymore?
But it ended up in this really contentious point inside of Facebook where, you know, the company endorsed it at one point, but what are the limits of that? Where should they intervene and say, you're not allowed to say this anymore?
But it ended up in this really contentious point inside of Facebook where, you know, the company endorsed it at one point, but what are the limits of that? Where should they intervene and say, you're not allowed to say this anymore?
And Zuckerberg in particular, I think, it bothers him to be like, okay, well, do, and I'm putting words in his mouth, but do the wokest sort of have the right to tell me what I should or shouldn't be saying publicly? I...