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by kerng 1823 days ago
Some value ethics and social implications of their doings more than compensation. I had passed interview at Facebook and didn't join, because it seemed like not a good idea to work on ads and manipulation of masses without clear alternative business plan that would actually also do good in the world.
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“I want to stress the importance of being young and technical. Young people are just smarter.” -- Mark Zuckerberg

The interesting thing to me is that Facebook is primarily used by older people (over 40) who are not represented in the coding and ui decisions. Their inability to get a handle on political speech is evidence to me of this. Their employees lack real world experience and wisdom.

Yeah, young Zuckerberg would never have said that out loud. He's definitely lost a step.

:)

Imo, that's not inability

It's unwillingness