The Race for Profit is Deadly

You've heard us say it before, but the focus on capital and profits is violent, harmful and, yes, even deadly. Some of you know us only as people who talk about the economy and philanthropy.

Today we want to share a post from Kelly Stonelake who shared some of Brian's story as the most senior person at Facebook to become a whistleblower as he did in 2021 and the stories of some of the kids and their families who have been the victims of social media.

Kelly not only shares this story she makes the connection to the work that we do now. "This work connects to Meta because in many ways Meta is fulfilling the shareholder primacy mandate of our public markets—essentially that you should drive as much profit as you can until the market holds you accountable. Meta is extremely profitable, yet markets haven’t held it accountable for the many harms it creates."

If you aren't following Kelly Stonelake or Laura Marquez-Garrett, you really should. They are doing an incredible job of the trials happening to try to hold big tech accountable for the harms and deaths they are creating.

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