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1. Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Saturday, 14-Sep-2024 19:32:46 JST Aral Balkan

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   • Gerry McGovern
   • CartyBoston

   @gerrymcgovern @CartyBoston > Why does tech culture have such nauseating leaders? What is it about technology that brings out the very, very worst humans?

   Capitalism.

   • Gerry McGovern (gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green)'s status on Saturday, 14-Sep-2024 19:32:47 JST Gerry McGovern

     Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg and X owner Elon Musk are "the worst polluters in human history", Stephen Fry has said.

     "You and your children cannot breathe the air or swim in the waters of our culture without breathing in the toxic particulates and stinking effluvia that belch and pour unchecked from their companies into the currents of our world."

     https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ceq5q3jlnz3o

     Why does tech culture have such nauseating leaders? What is it about technology that brings out the very, very worst humans?