In Connections Episode 2, James Burke describes how the Library of Alexandria got such a large collection of books —  if you came to Alexandria on a boat and you owned a book you had to lend it to the library to be copied.

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Francis Haugen testified that: Facebook has put profits ahead of people.

The Facebook Whistleblower says that Facebook is not open to making significant changes: At least not when that would result in losing eyeballs on posts or decreasing their ad revenues.

Frances Haugen said: IT MIMICS THE GRIEF CYCLE

Facebook is not interested in making significant changes to improve kids safety on their platform. At least not what it would result in losing eyeballs.

Richard Blumenthal testified:

THE COMPANY REPEATEDLY IGNORED THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM ITS OWN RESEARCHERS

James Burke contends that one cannot consider the development of any particular piece of the modern world in isolation. Rather, the entire gestalt of the modern world is the result of a web of interconnected events.

Mohamed El-Erian, a Bloomberg Opinion columnist says: what doesn’t work is when you have a global inflationary environment and you try to do that because ultimately what you’re going to do is hit the most disadvantaged segments of the populations in two ways first by inflation

Frances Haugen said: IT MIMICS THE GRIEF CYCLE

Facebook is not interested in making significant changes to improve kids safety on their platform. At least not what it would result in losing eyeballs.

Frances Haugen testified about Facebook, saying: They put profits before people.

Here’s are more quotes that provide evidence of this:

Facebook’s own research has identified the harm they cause: 66% of teen girls on instagram and 40% of teen boys experience negative social comparison. This is Facebook’s Research. 52% of teen girls who experience negative social comparison on instagram.

Facebook is not interested in changing to avoid harm: Facebook is not interested in making significant changes to improve kids’ saftety on their platforms, at least not when that would result in losing eyeballs on posts or decreasing their ad revenues.

Active Deception: Even though Facebook knows of the harms, it describes Facebook encouraging teens to create second accounts they can hide from their parents.

Frances Haugen testified about Facebook, saying: They put profits before people.

Here’s are more quotes that provide evidence of this:

Facebook’s own research has identified the harm they cause: 66% of teen girls on instagram and 40% of teen boys experience negative social comparison.  This is Facebook’s Research.  52% of teen girls who experience negative social comparison on instagram.

Facebook is not interested in changing to avoid harm: Facebook is not interested in making significant changes to improve kids’ saftety on their platforms, at least not when that would result in losing eyeballs on posts or decreasing their ad revenues.

Active Deception: Even though Facebook knows of the harms, it describes Facebook encouraging teens to create second accounts they can hide from their parents.

Prenatal tests promise to detect rare genetic diseases in babies by scanning DNA.

Labs market them as “reliable.” They tell women to have “total confidence” in results.

It turns out, the grave predictions made by those tests are usually wrong. (1/5)https://t.co/IsskNpYTWg

— Sarah Kliff (@sarahkliff) January 1, 2022