Melissa’s Reviews > Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism > Status Update

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.