the entre into the culture via his wife isn't anything to shake a stick at, but don't anthropomorphize the Zuck -- he's there because there are 1 billion people who already live in a surveillance state.
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> The median of its employees’ geographies is China. That’s how it got worse than your average maturing Bay Area company
I mean, this was true when I joined in 2013. One guy I worked with was the only non-Chinese person working with the targeting team. So I really don't think it can be reduced to such a simple explanation.
To be honest, Facebook acquired lots more US business culture, and that's (personally) where I think lots of the rot came from.