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Re:Facebook Morale Takes a Tumble Along with Stock Price by resu_nimda on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @05:07PM (#18454549)
I think that quote generalizes to "people don't understand large-scale socio-technological systems." Pretty much any technology that reaches a certain level of adoption becomes a double-edged sword that no single person can fully understand or control. I don't think any of this is unique to Zuck/Facebook in any way. They just happen to be the current punching bag.
Re:Facebook Morale Takes a Tumble Along with Stock Price by talkingtab on Thursday November 15, 2018 @09:55AM (#18459656)
I believe the first sentence is absolutely correct. The rest does not follow: if we don't have a good model we can't predict that it will become a double edge sword or why or when.

AS for Zuck/FB - anyone who creates a destructive technology needs to act responsibly.