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The goods and the bads of tech and business.
Didn’t go well mission failed Ford left and the media tore it
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"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it." - Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
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palmer luckey
joe lonsdale
Palantir founder Joe Lonsdale and Anduril founder Palmer Luckey’s Erebor bank has been approved by the U.S. government.
It’s the quickest de novo bank approval in 25+ years.
Mary Ellen Pleasant's portrait
One of the first Black female millionaires, Mary Ellen Pleasant spent her wealth helping people escape slavery and funding Underground Railroad operations
She herself was born into slavery and, despite all her wealth, she died in poverty, losing most of it to decades of legal attacks.
mark zuckerberg
In 2014, Facebook manipulated the news feeds of 600,000+ users, showing more positive or negative content without any user consent.
When everything came to light, they basically said it was allowed under the terms of service.Running a human experiment is allowed under “terms of service”?
rishi sunak
Former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has joiner Microsoft and Anthropic as a part-time advisor.
www.gov.uk/government/p...?
julian brown
Julian Brown, a 22-year-old inventor, has turned plastic waste into fuel.
Scientists have tested it and found its diesel burns cleaner than traditional diesel.
Just because it says ‘anonymous’ doesn’t mean it can’t be traced back to you. Unfortunately, that is the reality with most ‘anonymized’ data today.
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equifax logo
In 2017, Equifax suffered one of the largest data breaches in history. Around 147 million Americans had their Social Security numbers, birth dates, and addresses exposed.
But instead of alerting the public, executives quietly sold stock while the company hid the breach for months.
Thanks for sharing. Seems like Unilever’s pressure might affect things eventually. Hope they can keep their independence and mission alive.
06.10.2025 15:33 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0sorry that was my mistake, it’s supposed to be more than 10,000 not 100,000. I will take it down
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ross perot
In 1979, Ross Perot, founder of EDS, personally funded a private commando mission to rescue his employees detained in revolutionary Iran.
Later, he ran for U.S. president, dodging the establishment and financing the campaigns himself.
Ben & Jerry product
Since the 1980s, Ben & Jerry’s has donated 7.5% of its profits to climate justice, refugee aid, and racial equity, making them one of the earliest pioneers of corporate philanthropy.
Long before it was fashionable, they proved giving back could be part of business.
Cornelius Vanderbilt
In the 1830s, Cornelius Vanderbilt told New York officials he would pull every ferry off the Hudson if they didn’t hand him a monopoly. Once he had it, he set prices as he pleased.
As he put it: "What do I care about the law? Hain’t I got the power?"
Exactly
01.10.2025 15:39 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Yeah, there are way more than we think, they just aren’t doing it for the spotlight.
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azim premji
Azim Premji, Wipro’s tech magnate, has given over $21 billion through his foundation.
As one of the largest living donors, he has helped rebuild schools, clinics, and communities across India and is still running projects that touch millions of lives.
homestead strike
One of America’s bloodiest labor battles, the Homestead Strike left 10 dead and 60+ wounded.
Workers were expecting negotiations. But Carnegie’s partner Frick sent hundreds of Pinkertons with rifles and a Gatling gun to retake the steelworks.
Henry ford and his delegates
In 1915, Henry Ford chartered the “Peace Ship” to Europe with 100 delegates, hoping to personally end World War I.
He basically thought governments were useless and he could fix the war himself.
Phineas Fisher's avatar
Meet Phineas Fisher, the hacktivist haunting oppressive systems.
They’ve exposed millions of hidden documents and helped shine a light on corruption, all while no one knows who they are.
jack dorsey
Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey donated $1 billion, 28% of his net worth, to fight COVID-19, fund education, and pilot UBI programs.
What’s even more surprising is that he put it in a public LLC so everybody could see exactly where the money went.
ceo of apple tim cook
In 2019, Apple employees were found listening to randomly sampled Siri recordings without users’ knowledge.
Shockingly, Apple didn’t end the program; they simply made it optional for users.
uber logo and picture of its ceo
In 2016, hackers stole data from 57 million Uber accounts. Rather than disclosing it, Uber paid them $100,000 to stay silent.
A year later, the scandal broke, and Uber’s cover-up blew up in its face.
wells fargo logo
In 2016, Wells Fargo employees opened 3.5 million unauthorized accounts to hit impossible sales targets. Investigations later exposed a brutal “culture of pressure” that forced staff to meet quotas at any cost.
A textbook example of toxic corporate culture.
narco submarine
Between 2010 and 2015, the Sinaloa Cartel smuggled cocaine into the U.S. not with mules, but with submarines and drones.
DEA reports described engineering so sophisticated it made the cartel look more like a military operation than a criminal gang.
picture of oseola mccarty
In 1995, Oseola McCarty, who spent her life washing clothes, donated her entire $150,000 life savings to fund scholarships.
A big heart matters more than a big bank account.
hitler's volkswagen
Volkswagen didn’t just make cars during World War II, it ran factories using concentration camp prisoners as forced laborers. Today it’s a global brand, but back then its operations were a direct part of Nazi atrocities.
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