{"id":2902,"date":"2019-03-13T11:00:09","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T11:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dereklidow.com\/?p=2902"},"modified":"2019-03-28T23:43:14","modified_gmt":"2019-03-28T23:43:14","slug":"mark-zuckerberg-and-the-tech-world-still-do-not-understand-ethics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dereklidow.com\/mark-zuckerberg-and-the-tech-world-still-do-not-understand-ethics\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Zuckerberg And The Tech World Still Do Not Understand Ethics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"speakable-paragraph\">Last month, federal prosecutors accused the founder of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozido.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:http:\/\/www.mozido.com\/\">Mozido<\/a>&nbsp;of criminal fraud and money laundering. The company was once one of the most highly valued financial startups in the U.S. Founded in 2008, its backers included asset management giant Wellington Management Co. and MasterCard. The charges come amid what appears to be a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/mozido-founder-accused-of-fraud-money-laundering-11551319196?emailToken=37ac53c5cb9467e213cd0bbfccfa63f5zuQuHGhOI76TGb+ywbA1FSIHDdZAzWVqlI7b1Gomp1i1bgS4T9npqnWoyRwXvszLMTnofbKhHMFSFG+W74yVHSPITld+ZwfFyiJjiGrdj2c%3D&amp;reflink=article_email_share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/mozido-founder-accused-of-fraud-money-laundering-11551319196?emailToken=37ac53c5cb9467e213cd0bbfccfa63f5zuQuHGhOI76TGb+ywbA1FSIHDdZAzWVqlI7b1Gomp1i1bgS4T9npqnWoyRwXvszLMTnofbKhHMFSFG+W74yVHSPITld+ZwfFyiJjiGrdj2c%3D&amp;reflink=article_email_share\">crackdown<\/a>&nbsp;by the U.S. Department of Justice on privately held technology companies\u2014the latest development in what has been widely seen as a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/vianneyvaute\/2018\/10\/05\/where-we-need-to-bring-the-tech-backlash\/#21cc9f556bdd\" target=\"_self\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/vianneyvaute\/2018\/10\/05\/where-we-need-to-bring-the-tech-backlash\/#21cc9f556bdd\">tech backlash<\/a>&nbsp;around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Yet the romance of the tech startup remains as robust as ever, despite&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/center-for-humane-technology-tech-addiction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/center-for-humane-technology-tech-addiction\/\">governments and activists<\/a>&nbsp;seeking to reign in the tech giants. Young would-be entrepreneurs still come to me for advice about how they, like Facebook\u2019s founders, can \u201cmove fast and break things\u201d while making the world a better place. The deification of Steve Jobs&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/90245223\/steve-jobs-would-never-do-that\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/90245223\/steve-jobs-would-never-do-that\">continues<\/a>. Venture capital continues to flow to tech startups in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/news.crunchbase.com\/news\/the-q3-2018-global-vc-report-new-records-hit-amid-seismic-shift-in-the-industry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/news.crunchbase.com\/news\/the-q3-2018-global-vc-report-new-records-hit-amid-seismic-shift-in-the-industry\/\">record amounts<\/a>\u2014Q3 2018 was the most active quarter in history for venture investors around the world. Universities, accelerators and incubators continue to teach and promote the high-tech Silicon Valley business model.<\/p>\n<p>Why the widespread blindness to the ethical and social dangers of tech startups specifically? Here are five of the principal causes&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/dereklidow\/2019\/03\/11\/mark-zuckerberg-and-the-tech-world-still-do-not-understand-ethics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Last month, federal prosecutors accused the founder of&nbsp;Mozido&nbsp;of criminal fraud and money laundering. The company was once one of the most highly valued financial startups in the U.S. Founded in 2008, its backers included asset management giant Wellington Management Co. and MasterCard. 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