I generally agree with the sum and totality of what you're saying, and frankly, I personally think that Zuckerberg is a scumbag.
Still, the majority of the stories I've read that really reinforce that feeling, I have to concede were done when he was in college.
College is an interesting place, where interesting things happen -- but it isn't known for fostering the most mature adults; I know that I was a dramatically different person that age than I am now.
I've grown to the point where I can make the harder choice, just because I know it's the right one. I've grown to the point where I can give someone a promise, and not have to worry about whether or not I'll follow through. I've grown to the point where I can preserve my integrity in spite of a lucrative, but unsavory way to earn money.
I definitely did not possess these attributes when I was younger. So as much as I'd like to hate Zuckerberg on principle, I also know that it's the wrong thing to do, and I can see where he might have made the same sort of mistakes I might have, if given the right circumstances.
loewenskind wasn't talking about him personally, but his vision of a world of "open privacy". There are tons of ways I can share my personal life with people: I can call, e-mail, meet up for lunch, bring it up when we're "out", blog about it, etc. Fundamentally, the amount of information I honestly share with everyone I'd possibly run into is quite tiny.
Ug. Apologies, I missed the whole 'vision' part, but I'd been awake for just over 24 hours when I posted that, so my reading skills were somewhat impaired.
Still, the majority of the stories I've read that really reinforce that feeling, I have to concede were done when he was in college.
College is an interesting place, where interesting things happen -- but it isn't known for fostering the most mature adults; I know that I was a dramatically different person that age than I am now.
I've grown to the point where I can make the harder choice, just because I know it's the right one. I've grown to the point where I can give someone a promise, and not have to worry about whether or not I'll follow through. I've grown to the point where I can preserve my integrity in spite of a lucrative, but unsavory way to earn money.
I definitely did not possess these attributes when I was younger. So as much as I'd like to hate Zuckerberg on principle, I also know that it's the wrong thing to do, and I can see where he might have made the same sort of mistakes I might have, if given the right circumstances.