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"Move fast and break things" has never been cool outside the startup bubble.

Turns out some of those things that got broken outside of the company were important and people cared about them. Funny how things that work great in software development don’t work great when applied to the real world, eh?

Oh yeah. It’s so very odd that public opinion is not in favor of moving fast and breaking things anymore! Who cares if by doing that Facebook facilitated ethnic cleansing and genocide in Myanmar, or the biggest privacy scandal of the century! Just look at those dividends!

> Just look at those dividends!

I mean, META/FB doesn’t even pay dividends - which only strengthens your point.

Surely we see a difference between a company attempting to bring space travel to the masses and a platform designed to show ads.

Yes. Things that can blow up and can break people's houses and can damage sensitive ecosystems should be treated with more caution not less.