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Re:Facebook is terrifying by Karunamon on Saturday February 04, 2017 @08:16PM (#13570175)
>People don't change

This is laughably, shockingly, categorically wrong. People can and do change, all the time. Your opinions, values, etc didn't change from when you were in college?

Re:Facebook is terrifying by EdSharkey on Tuesday February 07, 2017 @08:34PM (#13594900)
Sure, my opinions, values, etc have evolved along a continuum since my college days, yes. I've learned a ton, and make fewer unforced, stupid errors. I've had some damaging tragedies since that time that made me more wary and empathetic to others facing similar difficulties. I am more complex and nuanced.

But, my character, my moods, my tells, and the fundamental flow of my thought processes have never changed. I'm the same lumpish animal I was when I was a tot. When someone says "People don't change", I think the core of that sentiment is that the brain wiring that makes random person X who they are never changes (save the brain becoming damaged or fading, of course.) I'm talking about the essence of a mind.

So I contend that a creep like Zuck doesn't uncreep himself. A sociopath is wired that way, even if they're proficient at hiding that fact. You might say, "Zuck's been exposed to and riding atop a business operating at a mind-blowing scale and pace - that HAS to change a person!" I think that's just projecting what one thinks would happen to themselves in such a situation. What change can you actually point to in Zuck?

Re:Facebook is terrifying by kafkaesq on Sunday February 05, 2017 @03:12PM (#13574325)
Yes, people change. Even Zuck seems to have changed a bit, in recent years.

But to get back to the subject of the original subthread: not enough for us to trust him running our national ID structure, thank you very much.