[bryanrasmussen]

It is difficult to get Mark Zuckerberg to understand something is wrong if it is making him the right amount of money.

[meepmorp]

“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it,” as Upton Sinclair put it.

[bryanrasmussen]

that's what I was riffing off of.

[uniqueid]

I'm speculating here but Facebook strikes me as being different than most companies: given an equally viable choice between an ethical and an unethical solution to a problem, Facebook seems to prefer to choose the latter. I think it makes the execs feel ruthless and clever.

[bluefirebrand]

I'm not gonna sit here and defend the Zuck, but your statement is true of many, maybe even most, people.

Once enough money has entered the picture, people become very flexible.

[bryanrasmussen]

I did say it mainly because I found the image funny, but I agree, I doubt I would be significantly more moral, but I do find it funny.