Here’s an unpopular opinion: We’re lucky Mark Zuckerberg is in charge

Alex Whitcomb
Jul 27, 2018 · 4 min read
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Yesterday, Facebook lost around $120 billion, and the internet cheered. That might sound like a nothing-burger like many of Facebook’s losses have been, but it wasn’t: It was nearly 20% of their total value (about as much as the entire worth of Mcdonald’s) and it disappeared in an afternoon, marking one of the biggest single-day collapses for a publicly traded company…

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