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Zucked : waking up to the Facebook catastrophe

McNamee, Roger. (Author).

If you had told Roger McNamee even three years ago that he would soon be devoting himself to stopping Facebook from destroying our democracy, he would have howled with laughter. He had mentored many tech leaders in his illustrious career as an investor, but few things had made him prouder, or been better for his fund's bottom line, than his early service to Mark Zuckerberg. Still a large shareholder in Facebook, he had every good reason to stay on the bright side. Until he simply couldn't. Zucked is McNamee's intimate reckoning with the catastrophic failure of the head of one of the world's most powerful companies to face up to the damage he is doing. It's a story that begins with a series of rude awakenings. First there is the author's dawning realization that the platform is being manipulated by some very bad actors. Then there is the even more unsettling realization that Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg are unable or unwilling to share his concerns, polite as they may be to his face

Book  - 2019
302.30285 McNa
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  • ISBN: 9780525561354
  • Physical Description 336 pages ; 24 cm
  • Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2019.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
The strangest meeting ever -- Silicon valley before Facebook -- Move fast and break things -- The children of Fogg -- Mr. Harris and Mr. McNamee go to Washington -- Congress gets serious -- The Facebook way -- Facebook digs in its heels -- The pollster -- Cambridge analytica changes everything -- Days of reckoning -- Success? -- The future of society -- The future of you.

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Zucked : Waking up to the Facebook Catastrophe
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Table of Contents

Zucked : Waking up to the Facebook Catastrophe

SectionSection DescriptionPage Number
Prologuep. 1
1The Strangest Meeting Everp. 13
2Silicon Valley Before Facebookp. 31
3Move Fast and Break Thingsp. 53
4The Children of Foggp. 81
5Mr. Harris and Mr. McNamee Go to Washingtonp. 111
6Congress Gets Seriousp. 121
7The Facebook Wayp. 135
8Facebook Digs in Its Heelsp. 151
9The Pollsterp. 165
10Cambridge Analytica Changes Everythingp. 177
11Days of Reckoningp. 199
12Success?p. 213
13The Future of Societyp. 241
14The Future of Youp. 267
Epiloguep. 277
Acknowledgmentsp. 289
Appendix 1Memo to Zuck and Sheryl: Draft Op-Ed for Recodep. 297
Appendix 2George Soros's Davos Remarks: "The Current Moment in History"p. 301
Bibliographic Essayp. 313
Indexp. 321