“What people found noteworthy about our interview, I think, was the fresh evidence that our most successful tech CEOs really do think and talk this way. Given a chance to display empathy for the victims of crimes his platform enabled, or to convey regret about historical safety lapses, or even just to gesture at some sense of responsibility for the hundreds of millions of children who in various ways are depending on him, the CEO throws up his hands and asks: how long are you guys going to be going on about all this stuff?”

Hmm… okay, is it power that turns off your empathy nodes? Money? Were they always unempathetic? This is a genuine concern, because humans are literally wired for empathy with our kin, even if we consider tribal rivalries.