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Kyle Shepard's avatar

Entertaining and thought provoking Erica! Becoming a parent definitely can shift perspective. I haven’t listened to the podcast yet but hoping to at some point

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John Papaioannou's avatar

How do you reconcile Zuckerberg having skin in the game and his alleged authenticity when discussing his daughters with his recent right wing sycophancy in dismantling any fact checking / moderation on his platform? The guy has been media trained for over a decade. I don't think you can take anything he says at face value while he's on the world's most popular podcast.

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Kyle Shepard's avatar

I disagreed with your statement of shutting down conversations in practice. If you can’t/wont question yourself before being concerned with someone else’s contemplative post, you may have some opportunities. My initial comment just highlighted that your questions for Erica were clearly coming from a biased perspective.

Debates are great, projected opinions in comments are often not.

Cheers

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John Papaioannou's avatar

I don't think it's unreasonable to question the authenticity of one of the world's most richest people talking on one of the largest platforms and asking yourself: why is he bringing up these topics? How does that make me feel about him? Why would he want me to feel that way about him?

This isn't some random father talking with a friend of his at a coffeeshop. The context is vital.

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Kyle Shepard's avatar

I don’t either.

Reflection great, projection meh.

Vital is also a mental state.

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Erica Zendell's avatar

This got spicy! Thanks for the back and forth, gentlemen.

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Kyle Shepard's avatar

I actually don’t disagree with John on many of his points. Appreciate the mental push and I try to give it back from time to time where it makes sense. Respect to all

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Kyle Shepard's avatar

Hard to take anything at face value when our biases influence our assessments. Important to question our own before we question others 👊🏻

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John Papaioannou's avatar

In practice, this amounts to shutting down any conversation.

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Kyle Shepard's avatar

Respectfully disagree.

In practice, for me, it amounts to acknowledging my own bias and then not being overly concerned with others.

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John Papaioannou's avatar

Disagree with what? Your criticism is a truism of the human experience. Yes, we all have biases, but don't use that fact as a means to inhibit debate. Instead you can expand on what biases I am exposing when I made my first assessment of Zuckerberg's incentives and actions.

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