Where We Live: Facebook Takes Over The World!

The virtues and flaws of an online hyper-connected society

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Where We Live: Facebook Takes Over The World!

This summer Facebook passed the half-billion user mark, and it’s already worth an estimated 2 billion dollars.  Is Facebook taking over the world? 

Yeah, we thought Google was trying to do that…but some tech observers believe that in just five years Facebook will overtake Google in page views, user time spent on the site, and revenue. 

26 year old Mark Zuckerberg is the man at the helm of this unprecedented goliath. 

The Social Network,” released last week, uses Zuckerberg as a cautionary tale for the digital age, but also its perfect hero. 

Today we talk to one of the Winklevoss Twins who sued Zuckerberg over allegedly stealing their idea and turning it into Facebook.

And we’ll talk to Jaron Lanier, an outspoken critic of social media, to ask whether these technologies are being used for good or evil.

What does the future for facebook hold?


  

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