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by dalbasal 1860 days ago
He's both, which seems an inevitability these days. If enough people glorify someone, a countermovement emerges inevitably.

The reverse, more worryingly, is also sometimes true.

I'm in the "hero" camp, yet I still made that comment about neuralink. I would probably be more shrill in my concerns if Zuck was doing neuralink. But ultimately, I don't think the individual matters much. The creepiness of social media ads and recommendations systems is mostly because of what those platforms are, not the individual publicly leading them.