I’m pretty sure Mark Zuckerberg still thinks Facebook is a boon to humanity, based on his speculation on the value of “connecting the planet”.
This seems a bit naive to me. Most big companies come up with some generic nice-sounding reason why they’re helping people. That doesn’t mean the people in charge honestly believe that; it could easily just be marketing.
My read is that many bullshitters fairly deeply believe their BS. They often get to be pretty good at absorbing whatever position is maximally advantageous to them.
Things change if they have to put real money down on it (asking to bet, even a small amount, could help a lot), but these sorts of people are good at putting themselves into positions where they don’t need to make those bets.
There’s a lot of work on motivated reasoning out there. I liked Why Everyone (else) is a Hypocrite.
This seems a bit naive to me. Most big companies come up with some generic nice-sounding reason why they’re helping people. That doesn’t mean the people in charge honestly believe that; it could easily just be marketing.
My read is that many bullshitters fairly deeply believe their BS. They often get to be pretty good at absorbing whatever position is maximally advantageous to them.
Things change if they have to put real money down on it (asking to bet, even a small amount, could help a lot), but these sorts of people are good at putting themselves into positions where they don’t need to make those bets.
There’s a lot of work on motivated reasoning out there. I liked Why Everyone (else) is a Hypocrite.