‘Geek Way’ Author Andrew McAfee On How CEOs Fumble
Fast-moving companies governed by science and openness tend to succeed, but CEOs like Musk and Zuckerberg show what happens when egos get in the way.
Mark Zuckerberg
Understanding Tech’s Unexpected Season of Layoffs
In an economy that’s regaining momentum, the tech sector is the outlier, losing jobs faster than socks lose their mates in the dryer. So how does this economic uptick reconcile with the tumult in tech?
In Our Own Best Interests
Biden has signed some groundbreaking legislation lately, but mostly our leaders are failing us. Too many are taking actions that harm us and even them. What’s wrong with working for collective betterment?
The Metaverse, Porn, and the Future
The fallback definition of porn has been “I can’t define it, but I know it when I see it”. The definition of the metaverse may be “I’m in it, but I don’t know it.”
Sheryl Sandberg’s Complicated Legacy
Sandberg will be remembered as the Wendy to Peter Pan and the Lost Boys. Her legacy also includes blame for how Facebook amplified divisiveness in humankind. That is a heavy burden.
Is The Metaverse Really Our Near Future?
Facebook was designed to make real connections, under your real name, with other people. Now it invites us to leave the real world and escape into a construct of its own invention.
Lilliputians Will Tie Up Gulliver in the Metaverse
The metaverse was supposed to be open, not owned by anyone, and interoperable between all platforms. Does that sound like Facebook to you?
Facebook, the Imperialist Media Company
Techonomy’s Kirkpatrick continues to be appalled by developments at the company he wrote a book about back when. New name? Lipstick on a pig. This is a renegade media company, period, with horrific impact on...
The Name Facebook Needs to Change: Zuckerberg
Facebook is reported to be considering a name change. But its image will not be remedied by anything other than fundamental reforms.
