And It really amazes me how some people take articles like this at face-value, believing anything they say. If they said "this" person said "this" thing, as-long as they hate him, they'll instantly jump on believing and ridiculing.
Nobody here talk about money making, there are things more important in life. Like, you know, not running drug traffic or mass espionage.
But I still think a capitalist who is a threat to US democracy is not a good capitalist.
Not good for democracy, not good for other capitalists and/or entrepreneurs, not good for the capital itself, and not good enough for me.
People who say this are a higher threat to democracy, tbh.
Oh Jesus Christ talk about over-exaggerations.
> Tim Cook calls out Facebook's business model, says it leads to 'violence,' 'polarization'
This statement seems to stand on its own, without a need for "proof". If the business model itself leads to this, the conclusion is that the internal conversations about protecting that model also lead to violence and/or polarized thinking. If we look at the alleged occurrence, we can then draw a conclusion without the need for "reputation". There's also the manifesto.
That means the WSJ is convinced he said it.
> Behind closed doors, Zuckerberg allegedly wanted to bring Apple down a peg, supposedly telling his team "we need to inflict pain" to the iPhone maker.
As for the headline... well, it’s a decade past time to acknowledge that clickbait headlines are the norm. It’s how they get people to read the article, where they can make money from ads. The headlines will always be clickbait until this changes.
or you have the genuine reputation to be taken
for your word (good luck with that)
Traditionally, a big publication would vet stories like this. Maybe someone who knows more about journalism than I do could weigh in re: the state of editors and fact-checking in 2021. Given that publications today expect their writers to churn out story after story, the vetting process has probably gone downhill.
I am thinking this is a very low bar for anything.
If we want to be technical, according to Quantum physics, doesn't anything have non-zero probability? :P
This is such a perfect observation! My very intelligent and well-educated friends, most of them successful engineers in the Silicon Valley, behave exactly as you described. And it's not at all limited to the current political divisions in the US.
Why would seemingly smart people trust random posts on internet, as long as those posts confirm what they want to hear?
Unbelievable but true. Very sad indeed.