“I was a design ethicist at Google, where I studied how do you ethically steer people's thoughts,” he says as he introduces himself. “Because what we don't talk about is how the handful of people working at a handful of technology companies, through their choices will steer what a billion people are thinking today.” That is the scariest quote I’ve read in a long time. Just the thought of people being hired to “ethically steer people’s thoughts” makes me cringe. There is nothing ethical about any of this.
Big brother is watching and his name is Mark Zuckerberg! I am on Pinterest but I only make boards that I like, and don't really care about followers. I do know that Google owns Pinterest, so I jump directly to my stuff, and don't interact much with others.
Isn't this guy Harris a bit paranoid? He may be smart but Mark Zuckerberg is probably smarter. After all, Zuck has almost conquered the world: he didn't get to billion users by sleeping late. Yeah, their motto was/is “move fast and break things” and they seem to have broken a few things, including the rules. But for my money, the free service they do provide is worth what you pay for it.
“I was a design ethicist at Google, where I studied how do you ethically steer people's thoughts,” he says as he introduces himself. “Because what we don't talk about is how the handful of people working at a handful of technology companies, through their choices will steer what a billion people are thinking today.” That is the scariest quote I’ve read in a long time. Just the thought of people being hired to “ethically steer people’s thoughts” makes me cringe. There is nothing ethical about any of this.
I only joined F**k book because it was the way that a business interacted real time with each other.
It can take over
Big brother is watching and his name is Mark Zuckerberg! I am on Pinterest but I only make boards that I like, and don't really care about followers. I do know that Google owns Pinterest, so I jump directly to my stuff, and don't interact much with others.
Isn't this guy Harris a bit paranoid? He may be smart but Mark Zuckerberg is probably smarter. After all, Zuck has almost conquered the world: he didn't get to billion users by sleeping late. Yeah, their motto was/is “move fast and break things” and they seem to have broken a few things, including the rules. But for my money, the free service they do provide is worth what you pay for it.