I do a lot of training for our new hire data analysts. My favorite lesson is explaining to them how this applies in the tools we use. You can get a feel for how someone's brain works by their reaction. Horror, wonder, or pop...always fun.

I did. It was truly unfortunate. After working in healthcare for a decade I thought i had seen all possible shit takes...I was wrong lol.

You literally say it in your own reply. "Sometimes medically necessary". If you think nearly everything isn't classified as that by a company who makes more money the more healthcare they don't cover I don't know what anyone can say to you to bring you back to the reality of US healthcare. They hire unemployable doctors with histories of malpractice to deny claims in bulk.

If he carries a frying pan around he can also cast iron

100% agree. I've been shocked at what seems like extreme naivety or willful ignorance in some of the discussions on federating with corps. Corps only want profit. People are the product at meta. They just want more product.

There's either a streak of loud and stupid that started up when the NDAs came to light or some of these "Facebook would never do anything bad" people are suspicious af.

Because it is literally in the playbook.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish

I don't see how you can reconcile Facebook is both "hugely destructive" but their algorithm "isn't as damaging"? Like...what?

Just betting on FACEBOOK to do the right thing is laughable. Sorry if that's harsh but damn man, where have you been the last...decade?