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“This was a culture in which the metrics were always right. The company was simply serving users, even if that meant knowingly monetizing content that was undermining the fabric of democracy.”
― Don't Be Evil: How Big Tech Betrayed Its Founding Principles -- and All of Us
― Don't Be Evil: How Big Tech Betrayed Its Founding Principles -- and All of Us
“But the trouble with Big Tech isn’t just an economic and business issue; it has political and cognitive implications as well.”
― Don't Be Evil: How Big Tech Betrayed Its Founding Principles -- and All of Us
― Don't Be Evil: How Big Tech Betrayed Its Founding Principles -- and All of Us
“Researchers have found that heavy social media use increases depression risk by 27 percent, and heavy smartphone and tablet users are 35 percent more likely to have suicidal ideation. Far from providing late-night monologue material, our relationship to our devices has life-and-death stakes.”
― You're a Miracle (and a Pain in the Ass): Embracing the Emotions, Habits, and Mystery That Make You You
― You're a Miracle (and a Pain in the Ass): Embracing the Emotions, Habits, and Mystery That Make You You
“You could argue that all of this is simply part of the “think different” mind-set, one that is necessary for entrepreneurship and radical change. The problem is that with it often comes a strong sense of entitlement and a weak sense of responsibility for any consequence of one’s actions.”
― Don't Be Evil: How Big Tech Betrayed Its Founding Principles -- and All of Us
― Don't Be Evil: How Big Tech Betrayed Its Founding Principles -- and All of Us
“The bottom line is that most technology businesses simply don’t require many employees (think of all the robots roaming around Amazon warehouses), and this will only become truer with time. It’s been estimated that globally, 60 percent of all occupations will, in the next few years, be substantially redefined because of new disruptive technologies. 60”
― Don't Be Evil: How Big Tech Betrayed Its Founding Principles -- and All of Us
― Don't Be Evil: How Big Tech Betrayed Its Founding Principles -- and All of Us
Paul’s 2025 Year in Books
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