Comment by tony_cannistra

I like the climate change comparison.

One of the opportunities for comparison that this site only barely touches on is the fact that, like climate change, the companies responsible for this global phenomenon both know it's happening and are likely actively working to avoid talking about it. This happened with Exxon, BP, ConocoPhilips, you name it; it's now happening with Facebook, Google, etc.

This undoubtedly happens because any change for the good of folks would undermine these powerful corporations' bottom lines.

What can we learn from our failure to hold fossil fuel corporations accountable that can be translated here?