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Forcing every lever to drive engagement and drive that addiction

At Facebook, the veil of civility is very thin

I’m struck by the impermanence of importance

Joel doesn’t seem to care at all, it’s all money. And what harm does it do? He tells us it’s clear Clinton’s going to win anyway.

How did I go from that to nearly dying the sort of silent death you see in a nineteenth century novel. … The U.S. has the highest maternal mortality rate in the developed world

It feels like this job is taking too much from me, permeating everything, poisoning everything.

The narcissism of small differences

They hire each other for jobs with big salaries, responsible for each other’s promotions and bonuses. A tiny enmeshed group of people increasingly responsible for shaping the attention of billions.

But somehow it makes him seem so much smaller. Like a kid. Honestly it feels a little sad.

My life is entirely in service of the baby, my bosses, or basic survival

It honestly had not occurred to me that I could say no. I have this thing, which sometimes I think is related to being an older daughter, that someone has to take responsibility and do the hard thing and I guess that’s going to be me.

The expectation at Facebook is that mothering is invisible, and the more skilled you are, the more invisible it is.