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Originally Posted by Gargamel
Is he even 35 yet? I dunno. While I won't disagree with what you're saying AVG, It's good to see people with the means trying to do good.
Look at a bunch of the other douches of his generation with similar funding, and what they're doing. That guy that raised the price on that one drug? How many other 'playboys' out there just soaking it in, not doing anything with it.
I can see Zuckerberg eventually becoming what Bill Gates is today. The Gates Foundation does wonderful work all over the world.
But I agree in general with Facebook, I feel my IQ being dragged down as I read it. I've been on it maybe 3 times since September, and I'm starting to get a bunch of those annoying emails again. Each time I block and unsubscribe, but I get daily emails about other peoples random postings.
For additional listening on this topic, which I found very interesting:
The Nerdist Podcast (hosted by Chris Hardwick) interviewed Bill Gates about the foundations work. It is a 60-90 minute interview that was very enlightening. He even got to ask him about the famous "64k of RAM should be enough for anybody" quote.
RadioLab did a really good analysis on some of Facebooks more (in)famous social engineering projects. It was a very good listen and explained a lot of the background stuff you didn't hear in the main stream media. |
But, is Zuckermen qualified to "do good" concerning globalization? He designed a program that more then likely was to keep in touch with his friends. It move to others using it and on it's own merits at the time went global. In short, it became something that it was not intended from inception. Nothing against Zuckermen, he has cut a check or two for certain causes. And definitely, like Gates with billions that one could not spend in a lifetime, it is nice to see the monies go to good causes.
I see FB slowly losing it following. Another form will come along Google Friends never got off the ground really as the gorilla(FB) in the room it was not possible. We will wait and see. Currently, for me anyway, FB is getting to be more of a chore than program for staying connected.