Nyob rau hauv dav dav tab sis feem ntau tsis nyeem Lub Wealth ntawm Nations, Adas Smith tsom ntsoov rau kev ruaj ntseg tiv thaiv kev lag luam nce qib. Dab tsi nyob ruaj ruaj yog tus neeg ua lag luam tawm tsam tsuas yog vim hauv kev lag luam, tam sim no ib txwm yog yav dhau los.
Cia peb khaws qhov no hauv siab thaum kev thuam ntawm Facebook tus tsim Mark Zuckerberg loj hlob. Muaj ib qho laj thawj nws yog Mark Zuckerberg, thiab peb tsis yog. Xav txog nws nrog Smith hauv siab.
Tau ntau xyoo, Zuckerberg yog tus ua lag luam nce qib. Nws tsis tau tsim social media, tab sis qhov ntawd yog qhov tseem ceeb. Tam sim no ib zaug dua ib txwm dhau los. Rau ib lub sij hawm qhov chaw xws li Friendster thiab MySpace yog cov darlings ntawm cov phooj ywg aggregation thiab kev sib txuas lus hauv internet. Raws li tsis ntev los no xyoo 2006, MySpace tau pom tias yog monopolistic. Cov neeg lag luam zoo li pom zoo nrog qhov kev ntsuam xyuas.
Peb paub cov saum toj no yog qhov tseeb tsuas yog vim Zuckerberg tau tawm tsam kom pom cov peev thaum nce toj. Cov pov thawj txhawb nqa qhov kev thov yav dhau los yog tias Peter Thiel muaj peev xwm tau txais 10% ceg txheem ntseeg hauv Facebook rau $ 500,000. Tus lej yav dhau los yog ib qho kev ceeb toom tias Sand Hill Road thiab qhov zoo tshaj plaws yog littered nrog cov nyiaj ntse uas hla hauv Facebook. Tsuas yog rau Zuckerberg rub tawm qhov txuj ci tseem ceeb.
Tawm tsam kev sib tw nyiaj txiag zoo dua (txawm tias nyeem ntawv tsis nco qab, MySpace tus tswv yog Rupert Murdoch's News Corp), Zuckerberg tau tswj hwm los tsim lub ntiaj teb. tshwm sim; ib tug nrog billions ntawm cov neeg siv. Tso tseg thiab xav txog qhov nws qhov kev ua tiav tsawg npaum li cas. Uas yuav tsum tau ncua.
Thaum peb feem ntau siv zog ua haujlwm rau lub neej ua haujlwm tau hais los ntawm kev tshwj xeeb hauv ib cheeb tsam, Zuckerberg nrhiav ntau ntxiv. Nws yuav tsim ib lub lag luam uas nyob rau hauv nws daim ntawv evolved yuav muaj nuj nqis rau ib tug tsis muaj-kawg reunion rau cov neeg Amelikas nyob tsis tswm nyob thoob plaws Amelikas, tsuas yog rau kev sib tham uas tsis muaj qhov xaus / kev sib tham / kev tshaj tawm dawb tshwm sim mus thoob ntiaj teb. Niaj hnub no billions mus ntsib Facebook txhua hnub.
Hais txog qhov yuav tsum tau pom tseeb, Zuckerberg qhov kev ua tiav nrog Facebook ib leeg yog qhov tsis txaus ntseeg tiag tiag, thiab yug los ntawm lub zeem muag uas qhov tseeb tsuas yog nws muaj. Yuav ua li cas peb paub qhov kev lees paub yav dhau los kom muaj tseeb yuav tsum ua nrog kev ntsuas tus nqi rau Facebook lub tuam txhab uas tau nce siab tshaj $ 1 trillion tsis ntev dhau los, thiab txawm tias hauv nws daim ntawv "kev nyuaj siab" raws li Meta nqa tus nqi ntawm $ 295 billion. Thov txim, tab sis yog tias cov titans ntawm kev lag luam hauv ntiaj teb kev lag luam muaj zog tshaj plaws tau pom dab tsi Zuckerberg pom, lawv (qhov no suav nrog Murdoch) yuav tso nws tawm ntawm kev lag luam ntev dhau los.
Tau kawg, qhov kev sib tw rau cov neeg tsim khoom hauv ntiaj teb yog tias keeb kwm ntawm kev lag luam yog txhais los ntawm kev tswj hwm ua raws li kev ua tsis tiav. Sears yog ib zaug bluest ntawm xiav chips, yog li cov khw muag khoom noj A&P, yog General Motors, yog li IBM. Daim ntawv teev npe ntev. Thiab nws yog vim tias tsis muaj peev xwm zam qhov chaw nyob ruaj khov, yav tom ntej invariably sneaks li tam sim no, tsuas yog muab tso rau hauv cov lus pov thawj plua plav ntawm keeb kwm. Nws yog qhov yooj yim, tab sis qhov yooj yim rau kev nkag siab kuj nyuaj rau pom. Arguably rau ob yog vim li cas.
Rau ib qho, nws nyuaj heev kom tsis txhob ua yam uas cov neeg siv khoom nyiam. Tiag tiag, leej twg tau thov rau iPhone thaum txhua tus zoo li nyiam RIM Blackberry xov tooj? Leej twg tau thov rau DVDs los ntawm kev xa ntawv thaum Blockbuster tab tom muab Blockbuster Nights? Leej twg yog clamoring rau cov phau ntawv xaj ntawm me ntsis-siv internet nyob rau lub sij hawm thaum lub cev phau ntawv muaj xws li ci ntsa iab cua thiab zej zog? Hauv kev lag luam, nws yooj yim yooj yim pom ib qho kev hloov pauv tsuas yog vim nws nyuaj rau pom qhov tsis raug thaum tsis muaj dab tsi zoo li tsis yog. Kev vam meej yog qhov muag tsis pom.
Rau ob, qhov tseeb vim tias yav tom ntej yog opaque nws nyuaj heev kom paub tias tag kis yuav zoo li cas. Paraphrasing George Will, tag kis yog lwm lub tebchaws. Hauv kev lag luam nws yog arguably lwm lub ntiaj teb. Cov CEOs ntse paub lawv qhov kev hloov pauv tab sis lawv tsis paub los ntawm qhov twg. Qhov no yog qhov tseeb tiag rau Zuckerberg. Tau saib xyuas qhov txuj ci tseem ceeb hauv Facebook, ua raws li qhov txuj ci tseem ceeb ntxiv nrog Instagram thiab WhatsApp, Zuckerberg tam sim no sim saib dab tsi nyob ib ncig ntawm lub ces kaum tom ntej. Nws tsis yog exaggeration hais tias nws tab tom sim rub tawm lwm qhov txuj ci tseem ceeb.
Nrog rau yav tom ntej ntawm kev lag luam dab tsi tab sis qhov tseeb, Zuckerberg tab tom ua haujlwm kub taub hau kom pom nws. Nws nkag siab los ntawm keeb kwm kev lag luam uas tseem ceeb xws li Facebook, Instagram thiab WhatsApp yog, lawv yuav tsis tseem ceeb mus ib txhis. Obsolescence ib txwm tos txog qhov zoo tshaj plaws vim tias qhov chaw ua lag luam muaj zog uas ua rau Zuckerbergs ntawm lub ntiaj teb muaj kev vam meej kuj yog ib qho uas yuav pab nyiaj hloov pauv. Txhais rau cov neeg uas xav tau nws, centi-billion thiab trillion-duas valuation tswv yim yog hlau nplaum rau cov peev txheej heev uas lub hom phiaj los khob qhov muaj nuj nqis heev ntawm lawv cov perches.
Uas zoo nkauj yooj yim piav qhia Facebook evolution rau hauv Meta. Cov neeg thuam hais tias Zuckerberg tau nkim cov tswv cuab kev lag luam nrog nws lub zog nrhiav rau tag kis, tab sis nws cov neeg thuam tsis pom luv luv. Yog tias Zuckerberg tiag tiag txhais tau tias nws cov tswv lag luam raug mob, nws yuav nyob ruaj khov; tsom ntsoov rau yam uas cov neeg siv khoom nyiam tam sim no.
Zuckerberg ntse dhau los sawv pat, uas txhais tau hais tias nws tab tom nrhiav tag kis nyob rau hauv metaverse. Nws puas yuav ua tiav? billions, thiab realistically trillions yuav ua rau txoj kev los teb cov lus nug dhau los. Dab tsi yog qhov tseeb yog tias kim npaum li Mark Zuckerberg saib rau yav tom ntej yog, qhov tsis pom zoo yuav ua rau nws dhia zoo li pheej yig heev los ntawm kev sib piv.
Tau qhov twg los: https://www.forbes.com/sites/johntamny/2022/11/18/meta-shareholders-should-be-relieved-mark-zuckerberg-isnt-living-in-a-facebook-past/