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Roger McNamee is an American investor, venture capitalist, and musician. He co-founded Elevation Partners and was an early investor in technology companies including Facebook.
Known for: Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe
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Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe
In this book, Roger McNamee, an early mentor to Mark Zuckerberg and investor in Facebook, recounts his growing alarm as he realizes the platform he helped nurture has become a threat to democracy, privacy, and civil discourse. Combining personal experience with investigative insight, McNamee explores how Facebook’s business model and algorithms amplify misinformation, polarization, and manipulation, urging readers to confront the social and ethical consequences of unchecked technology.
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From Promise to Peril
In Facebook’s earliest days, I saw something truly extraordinary. The company’s ambition to connect the world resonated with the optimism that defined early Internet culture. Mark was young but visionary, and the idea of enabling people to share their lives through a simple platform felt revolutiona...
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The Algorithmic Trap
The core of Facebook’s power—and the source of its eventual peril—lies in its algorithms. Initially, algorithms were neutral tools to tailor news feeds and improve user experience. But over time they evolved into behavioral engines, programmed to keep users endlessly scrolling by studying what provo...
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About Roger McNamee
Roger McNamee is an American investor, venture capitalist, and musician. He co-founded Elevation Partners and was an early investor in technology companies including Facebook. McNamee has become a prominent critic of social media’s impact on society and democracy.
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