Is this Silicon Valley’s Marie-Antoinette moment? The New York Times just published an op-ed on how “ ”. Silicon Valley Can’t Destroy Democracy Without Our Help Its arguments are simple: “ , but… Twitter could work harder to fight hate speech” ”, but… “Facebook’s algorithms may encourage echo chambers “ , but… It has become popular to demonize Silicon Valley” So it’s not the technology. It’s not the CEOs either. It’s not the speculation-fueled industry. It’s not the lack of ethics and morals. It’s not the distrust in democracy and values. It’s not the attraction towards far-right ideologies. Not… … it’s the users. Yeah. If the Big Tech is destroying our democracies, it’s your fault. The author — who happens to be a former startupper having sold her company to the new company of Facebook co-founder, makes an analogy with sugar and the obesity epidemic. Even if there were some relations, the author forgets that the huge scandal is that the agro-industry has been voluntarily trying to hide the impact of sugar for decades, causing deaths in the millions and more — don’t miss “ ” by Robert Lustig. Sugar The Bither Truth Are we really there? What’s next? “ ”? That won’t end well. Let Them Eat Cake
