Former Facebook VP tells you NOT to use Facebook
“You are being
programmed,” comes the ominous warning from Chamath Palihapitiya, a former
Facebook Vice President. “It was unintentional, but now you have to decide how
much you’re willing to give up.” Talking about the exploitative nature of the
consumer internet business at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, he
cautioned the audience about the dangers of social media usage.
“We have created tools
that are ripping apart the social fabric of how society works,” he admits.
Admitting that he does not have a good solution, he said that he just does not
“use these tool anymore”. In fact, Palihapitiya confessed, he’s barely used
Facebook in the past seven years. “If you feed the beast, that beast will
destroy you. If you push back on it, we have a chance to control it and rein it
in.”
Palihapitiya explained
that this is a vicious cycle and he considers himself one of the creators of
this problem. “The short-term, dopamine driven feedback loops that we have
created are destroying how social works,” he said. .. Watch the full
interaction below.