[hashberry]

> Easier to conceive of Mark Zuckerberg as a machine.

The memes of Zuckerberg as Data from Star Trek always amuse me.[0] Sure, it's teasing, but Data is a likable character! Data doesn't strive to be superior but to be more human, even if this means being analytical instead of emotional.

Mark Zuckerberg would be far more interesting if he were "evil"--if he tried to create new values, if he tried to replace God. But he isn't even an atheist anymore and is embracing religion and Judaism[1].

And then of course we must separate the man from the corporation: Facebook is a public company has an obligation to its shareholders to make money. Facebook stopped being about Zuckerberg a long time ago... it is now about surveillance capitalism.

[0] https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/354/185/719...

[1] https://www.timesofisrael.com/how-mark-zuckerberg-embraced-h...

[lowdose]

> Facebook stopped being about Zuckerberg a long time ago

When did he change the voting structure of Facebook?

I remember Mark Zuckerberg owns the majority of voting shares of Facebook and hence Mark = Facebook?

[therein]

> But he isn't even an atheist anymore and is embracing religion and Judaism[1].

This pivot literally happened as the rumors that he was thinking of running for office were coming out. He then decided to pull a "traveling across America to meet with the people" and promptly got destroyed by people realizing he is doing this to run for this office.

Zuck should be nowhere near any political power.

[awa]

Frankly, I would take a machine as an leader over a lot of other options we have. Predictability and lack of emotional outbursts would be great qualities to have in a leader.

[mjayhn]

But what do you do when it starts basing everything on statistics or something less/not compassionate to life? And who determines what metrics and data it uses to make its decisions?

Zorlot-19 has decided to end the lives of everyone over 90 and that drinks mountain dew because its determined its a net negative on.. what, GDP, mortality rate, fertility rates, tax rates..

Seems like a compassionate overlord would be great but we've fallen for that a few thousand times in history.

edit: While I'm here, anyone have any interesting books on robots/droids/overlords/whatever beginning to manage society?

edit2: Found this; https://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/sci-fi-fantasy/a-reading...