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