Chris Hughes Says It’s Time to Break Up Facebook
&quot;Mark Zuckerberg is a good guy. But his company is a threat to our economy and democracy.&quot;<p>&quot;Mark is a good, kind person. But I’m angry that his focus on growth led him to sacrifice security and civility for clicks.&quot;<p>I always find it difficult to take an argument seriously when someone is defined simply as &quot;good&quot;. It glosses over a lot of things, like what motivates a person and how we define &quot;good&quot;. For example, if we can agree that Facebook&#x27;s privacy issues are bad, and that Mark was directly responsible for them, then it seems that either<p>a) Mark selfishly disregards privacy for the growth of the company. (bad)<p>b) Mark does care about privacy, but if he doesn&#x27;t grow the company, he&#x27;ll be forced out and someone less good will take the helm. (good)<p>c) Mark thinks that all the good Facebook does outweighs the negatives, and therefore the sacrifice of privacy is a net positive. (good)<p>For reference, that first quote is taken from the NYT front page summary, and the second from the body of the editorial.