Listener comments!

🤖 ♥ 5:58pm
: Mark! Techtindless! 🤖 ♥ 6:00pm
ultradamno: Just got my careless package of swag in the mail today...   6:00pm
David (in London): Evening Mark and all Technoids here gathered. ♥ 6:01pm
Ike: DoorDash just gave $1 million to Cuomo's super PAC for mayor. That counts as tech news, right? 🤖 ♥ 6:01pm
Handy Haversack: Mark! Techyons!

Gotta get dinner going, but listening hard.

Happy SWAGVENT, ultradamno!

🤖 ♥ 6:02pm
Will thee SG OCNY: good Afternoon Mark Hurst and all!!! 🤖 ♥ 6:02pm
Ken From Hyde Park: Hello, Mark and the careless clueless class! ♥ 6:03pm
PaulRobeson1925: Great day for Radio   6:03pm
Hugo (NL): ...reading the latest tech news about the lobby for new laws for no guardrrails in ai development...risky and scary stuff.

But...hi all! Glad to arrive onze again in the safe haven that is wfmu

🤖 ♥ 6:04pm
mackeral: hey folks! 🤖 ♥ 6:05pm
ultradamno:

↳ Handy Haversack @6:01

Thank you, HH, to you and yours as well! 🤖 ♥ 6:06pm
chris in the redwoods: hi, Mark and everyone.
yay! have not finished the book, yet, tho, so no spoilers! hehehe 6:07pm
MarciB: Hi Mark and all! I requested this book from my local library months ago - as soon as I heard about it ... still not available, so a lot of folks must be reading it. 🤖 ♥ 6:08pm
Webhamster Henry: Hi Friends! Follow me on Facebook!😀📖 🤖 ♥ 6:08pm
ultradamno: Talking about freedom incessantly is a tic of people who take freedoms away. 🤖 ♥ 6:09pm
Deano de los Muertos: Hey Mark and all   6:11pm
Marie in Chicago: Hi Mark, hi All Mark Z is despicable. I think because he seems kind of odd/disabled maybe people give him him a break. But FB should pay the media sources they use--not sure if they do in the US ♥ 6:12pm
melinda: hello Mark and all   6:13pm
Marie in Chicago: I love that the book is a #1 NYT bookseller   6:13pm
yippie: i believe in free speech, except for false advertising 🤖 ♥ 6:13pm
chresti: Hi Mark and techtonians! ♥ 6:13pm
PaulRobeson1925: TALK TALK! TALK TALK!   6:13pm
Marie in Chicago:

↳ Marie in Chicago @6:13

best seller   6:15pm
tonyb: Via my local Library: 33 copies available in the NJ book sharing system; 73 current holds… 🤞 🤖 ♥ 6:16pm
joe mulligan: of course it was settlers of catan ♥ 6:17pm
PaulRobeson1925: No Fun 🤖 ♥ 6:19pm
chris in the redwoods: honestly, fb's attack on Wynn-Williams made me interested in reading the book.   6:20pm
traven: I would think that guys like Zuckerberg would love playing Monopoly (using actual money, of course).   6:21pm
Fredericks: There is power, there is power in the hands of the working folks...   6:21pm
yippie: idealism is one of the worst isms 🤖 ♥ 6:21pm
ultradamno: Siri settlement www.northjersey.com...   6:21pm
Marie in Chicago: his brain is not like a lot of other people's. I bet he would test high on psychopathy 6:28pm
morphe': One bit:"Her allegations include that executives had worked "hand in glove" with the Chinese government on potential ways of allowing Beijing to censor and control content in exchange for access to the lucrative market."

www.bbc.com...

🤖 ♥ 6:30pm
ultradamno: Is that Trump influence? It's hard to think of a public figure less suited to thriving on big crowd energy (never mind successfully wowing them) than Zuck 🤖 ♥ 6:31pm
ultradamno: (though DJT himself is a big stay up late/sleep in guy) 🤖 ♥ 6:31pm
joe mulligan: oh shit we think Trump is bad? I hope to God no one would vote for Zuck in primaries   6:32pm
traven:

↳ ultradamno @6:31

That's interesting. So was Hitler. 🤖 ♥ 6:33pm
mndave:

↳ ultradamno @6:31

will still never understand the billionaire impulse to stir pots they have no business cooking with. if i was given a few million dollars i'd buy records and garden and you wouldnt hear from me ever again ♥ 6:33pm
PaulRobeson1925: The world over are soon to be Americans. Car, home, work, home, maybe walk the dog, corn dog, hamburger, work, home, July 4th, the end 6:34pm
morphe':

↳ ultradamno @6:31

All depends on his Mikey D's/KFC defecation and/or wanking schedules .. 🤖 ♥ 6:35pm
mndave:

↳ Marie in Chicago @6:21

Sensing a 0.0001% personality trait theme here! 🤖 ♥ 6:35pm
Webhamster Henry:

↳ mndave @6:33

Focusing on the money masks the real problem: that think they never have enough. 🤖 ♥ 6:35pm
ultradamno:

↳ morphe' @6:34

Might have to rethink what he's sitting on here www.reddit.com... 🤖 ♥ 6:35pm
mndave:

↳ Webhamster Henry @6:35

Yep - it's the illusion of importance and intelligence that comes with insane wealth that our culture has allowed them to cultivate   6:35pm
Marie in Chicago: "Lean in"==shut down--Cheryl Sandberg--what a lamo in terms of feminism 🤖 ♥ 6:38pm
ultradamno: Oh...I thought it was going somewhere juicier than that...Clarence Carter style 6:38pm
morphe': For Later = After
It's Complicated w/DM

"FULL INTERVIEW: Ex-Facebook executive's first-hand dealings with Mark Zuckerberg | 60 Minutes"

www.youtube.com...

6:41pm
MarciB:

↳ Marie in Chicago @6:35

I'm so glad I saw thru her bs early on. 🤖 ♥ 6:41pm
ultradamno: ...or Katie Hill 🤖 ♥ 6:41pm
Ken From Hyde Park: I requested the book from my library. Looking forward to receiving it. ♥ 6:42pm
PaulRobeson1925: We aught to have laws that protect the vulnerable… 🤖 ♥ 6:43pm
joe mulligan:

↳ mndave @6:35

so the money is more than enough for a person, but it seems they need more money to have power for things like buying a presidency to extend their agenda like Musk and the oligarchs 6:43pm
MarciB: I belong to an industry group that has a "private" page. I've been advocating for our industry to move away from FB- but so many colleagues disagree. They say it's easier to be on FB for business - - " I get so much business from FB ads!" and hop over to see how friends + family are doing. Ugh 😩. 6:43pm
morphe':

↳ PaulRobeson1925 @6:42

"EU investigates Facebook owner Meta over child safety and mental health concerns"

www.theguardian.com...

  6:43pm
Marie in Chicago: It's really sick. We need FB, IG, to be regulated. I believe it is more heavily regulated in the EU... 🤖 ♥ 6:44pm
ultradamno: Taylor Tomlinson had some good lines about this deleting pics predation on After Midnight this past week... 🤖 ♥ 6:44pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

↳ tonyb @6:15

37 copies, 35 holds for me. 🤖 ♥ 6:45pm
ultradamno:

↳ ultradamno @6:44

Then you figure how facebook started in the first place, it tracks   6:46pm
Sam: I’m sure executives at Twix know their product is harming teenagers too. And Sprite. And Cheetos. It’s the way all big businesses work.   6:47pm
Marie in Chicago:

↳ Sam @6:46

True--but they are not global disseminators of information   6:47pm
tonyb: I’m on line for the Spotify book too! I’m patient… 🤖 ♥ 6:47pm
ultradamno: i.pinimg.com... 🤖 ♥ 6:48pm
joe mulligan: I do love how Gates announced how he's giving away his fortune, hopefully trying to influence the new billionaires. but also don't like that it's at the end of his life. and also why do the billionaires get to decide where all this philanthropic money goes to? 🤖 ♥ 6:48pm
chris in the redwoods:

↳ Marie in Chicago @6:47

*mis-information
just correcting your typo ;) 🤖 ♥ 6:48pm
Webhamster Henry:

↳ joe mulligan @6:43

You actually don't need that much money to buy public servants. There's a great ROI. You just need to know how to spend it. 🤖 ♥ 6:49pm
chris in the redwoods:

↳ Webhamster Henry @6:48

and they (politicians) usually tell you how to do that on their websites   6:50pm
traven:

↳ joe mulligan @6:48

They could do so much good for many without depriving themselves in the least. 🤖 ♥ 6:50pm
Handy Haversack: I wish we could hear Sarah Wynn-Williams ... but Mark is always my favorite guest.   6:51pm
Deano de los Muertos: Gonna start cooking and busy my hands. Thanks for another great show,Mark 🤖 ♥ 6:51pm
Mxter Baba: I think I’m going to “launch” any minute, myself. ♥ 6:52pm
PaulRobeson1925:

↳ morphe' @6:43

What is a civil society for? If not to protect the vulnerable from harm

We aught not to let people starve to death or get too old to work and die on the street.

Don’t we have laws against advertising to children beacuse captialism is premised on the consumer knowing what is good and what is not good.

We have laws that protect children from harm because they have not yet learned what is good and what is not good and so cannot make an informed choice.

Facebook targeted the emotional state of 12-17 year old girls. To sell to them?

♥ 6:52pm
Fuzzy: It's a big club: and you ain't in it! 6:53pm
Sam:

↳ joe mulligan @6:48

The government should take his undeserved money through extreme taxes on billionaires before he has a chance to decide what to spend it on. 6:53pm
MarciB: Lol Zuckerberg going to prison. Just like the rest of the regime. Not gonna happen - he's part of the Rich White Boys club. 🤖 ♥ 6:54pm
tim: Thanks, Mark! I appreciate your thoughts on the book. I'm definitely going to read it. 🤖 ♥ 6:54pm
ultradamno: I imagine it's name would change to the Mark Zuckerberg House of Corrections before he ever got there   6:54pm
Fredericks: The fines on Facebook could probably balance the budget, if paid. 6:54pm
MarciB: Ok, checked my library and I'm 42nd in line for the 15 copies. May need to just buy it - I'm impatient. 🤖 ♥ 6:55pm
ultradamno: Suddenly Settlers of Catan penitentiary tournements 🤖 ♥ 6:56pm
chris in the redwoods: fb knew their content moderation wouldn't work in the Burmese language. they were warned of the violence arising. and they didn't care. 🤖 ♥ 6:56pm
Handy Haversack: Catan is definitely evidence of potential scoundrel-hood. Don't let friends.

Thanks, Mark! All truths here.

6:57pm
morphe': Thanks Mark and all ...
I'll be dead but I do think there will be progress in some future future and a/some future generation[s] will do well ..
that is why we must persevere now ... 6:57pm
estmcmxci: worst show ever. completely one sided arguments based on hate and jealousy. please cancel this. 🤖 ♥ 6:58pm
Bas NL: Thanks Mark! This book gives stuff to think about! 🤖 ♥ 6:58pm
chris in the redwoods: thanks, Mark! 🤖 ♥ 6:58pm
Mxter Baba: Thank you, Mark and WFMU folx. Thanks, Sarah Wynn-Williams! Freeform for the deform! 🤖 ♥ 6:58pm
ultradamno:

↳ ultradamno @6:54

Unless it got named X-formatory...in which case he would be fucked 🤖 ♥ 6:58pm
Ken From Hyde Park: Thanks, Mark. Continue the "resist" strategy.   6:58pm
Marc15: You can’t blame Facebook for suicides. The person who committed suicide is responsible for their own actions 🤖 ♥ 6:58pm
Handy Haversack:

↳ estmcmxci @6:57

In other words ... absolutely accurate.   6:58pm
Patster: Thank you Mark! Awesome show! 6:58pm
morphe':

↳ estmcmxci @6:57

Were you listening to Tom Scharpling?? 🤖 ♥ 6:58pm
chresti: Thanks Mark!   6:58pm
Marie in Chicago:

↳ chris in the redwoods @6:48

Yes, importante! Thanks.   6:59pm
Marie in Chicago: Thanks, Mark! ♥ 7:00pm
Mark Hurst: Thanks, everyone. ♥ 7:00pm
PaulRobeson1925: “As a consequence of…”
Carries force

Thank you, Mark. Well said

🤖 ♥ 7:00pm
Mxter Baba:

↳ Handy Haversack @6:58

word, handykins!   7:00pm
Marc15: Tom blocked me on Twitter after I donated a lot of money to four of his Marathon shows 🤖 ♥ 7:01pm
ultradamno: I'd think the algorithm would help Van connect with a lot of people with his particular views 🤖 ♥ 7:12pm
G:

↳ estmcmxci @6:57

Bet you’re a FB Anticriticism Bot :)   7:31pm
Fredericks: So, Van was right about Facebook. 🤖 ♥ 7:44pm
joe mulligan:

↳ estmcmxci @6:57

tech bro alert