Re:Man Against Marketing
by dalbasal on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @07:14AM
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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.
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.