Nick Clegg praises social media for enabling billions to communicate in unprecedented ways despite acknowledging imperfections. He insists he would not have worked for Meta if he believed Mark Zuckerberg or Sheryl Sandberg were monstrous. He characterizes Silicon Valley as "cloyingly conformist," highlighting sameness in clothing, cars, podcasts, and fads. He expresses bafflement at the tech industry's growing obsession with masculinity, calling it a troubling mix of machismo and self-pity. He combines recognition of social media's societal benefits with pointed critique of prevailing cultural attitudes within the tech industry.
I really do believe that, despite its imperfections, social media has allowed billions of people ... to communicate with each other in a way that has never happened before,
if I felt Mark Zuckerberg or Sheryl Sandberg were the monsters other people say they are.
"cloyingly conformist" culture where "everyone wears the same clothes, drives the same cars, listens to the same podcasts, follows the same fads."
I couldn't, and still can't, understand this deeply unattractive combination of machismo and self-pity.
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