#178 The Facebook Catastrophe w/ Roger McNamee
The Road to Now · Benjamin Sawyer
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Show Notes
In 2006, Roger McNamee played a crucial role in convincing Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg not to sell his company to Yahoo!. A couple of years later, he helped bring Sheryl Sandberg in as Facebook's COO. Yet despite this personal connection, and his role as an early investor in the company, Roger now believes that Facebook has become a threat to democracy. In this episode, Bob and Ben talk with Roger about his book Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe, the role Facebook has played in spreading disinformation, and the steps he believes we should take to regain control over the tech giants of the modern world.
Roger McNamee is Managing Director of Elevation Partners, which he co-founded in 2004 with U2's Bono. Roger is also a member of the band Moonalice, which plays live stream every day at 4:20pm.