Zynga is a spy, but Facebook is the equivalent of the CIA or KGB. That is, it's naive to fault Zynga for spying on a platform that is designed for spying. Zynga may be a bad actor, but Facebook facilitates and encourages their behavior -- after all, Facebook's entire business model is predicated on invasion of privacy.
A lot of teens and their parents are still duped into believing that a degree will still lead to a guaranteed "good" job.
A good friend and former employee of mine summed it up nicely for his son that decried college as a waste of time: "A college degree is not a guarantee of getting the job you want, but NOT having a college degree IS a guarantee that you will not even be considered for the job that you want, regardless of how smart or qualified you think you are."
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Yes, zynga is a spyware business.
Zynga is a spy, but Facebook is the equivalent of the CIA or KGB. That is, it's naive to fault Zynga for spying on a platform that is designed for spying. Zynga may be a bad actor, but Facebook facilitates and encourages their behavior -- after all, Facebook's entire business model is predicated on invasion of privacy.
A lot of teens and their parents are still duped into believing that a degree will still lead to a guaranteed "good" job.
A good friend and former employee of mine summed it up nicely for his son that decried college as a waste of time: "A college degree is not a guarantee of getting the job you want, but NOT having a college degree IS a guarantee that you will not even be considered for the job that you want, regardless of how smart or qualified you think you are."
...does it have a snooze alarm?
I, for one, welcome our new Tweenbot overlords.