The Removal of Friction

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The removal of friction has enabled all those folks to find each other and build a community. I grew up in a small town in wisconsin, no one around me care about technology. And i could go on liine and start learning and reading about all this sort of stuff. That's an incredible example of me someone whose values and belief systems didn't really fit in with the road around me. But again, i 100 % agree with you. There's many upsides to it as well.

Ben and James discuss Facebook from multiple angles, including child sexual abuse material, encryption, Oculus, and a leaked all-hands meeting.

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Ben Thompson: Friction — Stratechery
The Internet Is Overrun With Images of Child Sexual Abuse. What Went Wrong? — New York Times
Ben Thompson: Child Sexual Abuse Material Online, The Problem With Community, Towards More Friction — Stratechery
Casey Newton: Read The Full Transcript of Mark Zuckerberg’s Leaked Internal Facebook Meetings — The Verge
Ben Thompson: Facebook’s All-Hands Leak, Facebook Versus Warren, Zuckerberg’s Culture
— Stratechery
Attorney General Bill Barr Will Ask Zuckerberg To Halt Plans For End-To-End Encryption Across Facebook’s Apps — BuzzFeed News
Ben Thompson: Facebook’s Privacy Cake — Stratechery
Ben Thompson: Beachheads and Obstacles — Stratechery
Ben Thompson: The Curse of Culture — Stratechery