What hubris?

“One of the things that I think we’re going to need to work on a lot going forward is, it’s just not clear to me that us sitting in an office here in California are best placed to always determine what the policy should be for people all around the world.” 

—Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook mogul, from his Stating The Obvious Collection. Interviewed by Ezra Klein, “Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook’s hardest year, and what comes next,” Vox, April 2, 2018. 

• Editorial Comment: Well, I’m reassured. Aren't you?

  

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