Boring. Facebook has been used for every type of communication, whether it's inciting violence or sharing cat pictures with grandma, by almost every internet-connected human.
I don't disagree with the point on overconfidence but it is a bit exhausting to be surrounded by 10,000+ overconfident CEOs of 3 person companies in Silicon Valley, most of whom will never succeed. It contributes to a culture that can be toxic and alienating for other personality types. Maybe that is the price we pay for innovation.
I remember meeting Dan, the founding CEO of Optimizely, at winter 2010 YC demo day. I had just grabbed my name tag and was walking toward the building when he stopped me outside to give me the pitch. He immediately struck me as a smart, capable guy, but as a former software engineer I couldn't understand why companies wouldn't just build A/B testing themselves. What did Optimizely add? How was it defensible? Dan didn't answer the questions to my satisfaction so I thanked him and moved on. As the years went by and I saw them raise round after round, get great press, put up billboards, and build out a beautiful office that I walked by at least once a week, I felt terrible for missing out on the angel investment. I was a rookie investor (I think that was my first YC) and chalked it up to my inexperience. I even tried to extract "lessons learned" and apply them to similar investment opportunities. It feels bittersweet to see things end this way, with probably no return for the common and a haircut for investors. I had built them up and expected them to succeed but I guess it's good to know I was right. Lessons: It ain't over 'til it's over and vanity traction like press & billboards mean nothing. Don't build a big company on a bad idea, it's a waste of time and money for everyone, especially the founders & employees.
This makes me think they should have pivoted Blockbuster to a hostel / low cost hotel experience. Could have small rooms / shared baths that center around a living room where you can do movie night with other guests. I would be a customer.
It seems inevitable that the government will make reactionary, uninformed decisions. The question is, how do we revert to normal (a freer market) and begin to teach those in power some basic economics lessons? I'm not hopeful that an op-ed by Uber's CEO will help. Perhaps it needs to look more like a grass-roots movement.
I would have called this "Mirrortocracy". More clear that you're referring to mirrors, rolls off the tongue just about as easily, and still sounds like meritocracy.
Wonder if this controls for severity of the crime? It could be the case that attractive people don't tend to commit crimes as serious (within each category, ie misdemeanor)
Doesn't look like it covers 那个 (pronounced nah-gu in Mandarin). I had a black friend in college who told me about how deeply offended he was when he heard his Chinese girlfriend's parents saying this over & over...
The Roman biographer Suetonius claims that Julius Caesar mastered the art of dictating letters from horseback, and used to deal with his paperwork while attending the circus games (thereby annoying the people at large, who saw this as snobbish disdain for popular entertainment).
Sounds like the ancient equivalent of texting while driving or using your phone at a movie theater :)
I didn't RTFA but assuming the requests were excessive, it's great to see Facebook defend themselves. Sad to see how beleaguered this company has become despite (IMO) having good intentions in an impossible situation where you can't make everyone happy.
I can't count the number of social interactions, big and small, that built my character and maturity. Not to mention life-long friendships formed, romantic relationships, and more. It's a unique and critical time when you are finally a free adult but don't yet have "real" obligations like a job or family. There is simply nothing in life that compares to an in-person college experience.