The problem with this argument is there is no great evidence it has any effect. Definitely doesn't on the next bunch of 20 year old Zuckerbergs that comes along, not knowing what the fuck they are doing and doing it anyway.
Risk takers and driven people aren't thinking about punishment. By definition. But that drive can be channeled in positive directions. Punishment is really a pretty hopeless method of doing it.
Its why bombing random goat herders for 20 years hasn't reduced the number of people who want to blow themselves and others up.
The focus on punishment is a distraction. It just makes everyone involved channel their energy into playing defense and that delays the real fixes.
Focus should be on getting them to clean up the mess, rather than sending them to jail. Social media and the news media need a whole lot of re-architecting. And the focus really should be on what that new architecture needs to be.
Risk takers and driven people aren't thinking about punishment. By definition. But that drive can be channeled in positive directions. Punishment is really a pretty hopeless method of doing it.
Its why bombing random goat herders for 20 years hasn't reduced the number of people who want to blow themselves and others up.
The focus on punishment is a distraction. It just makes everyone involved channel their energy into playing defense and that delays the real fixes.
Focus should be on getting them to clean up the mess, rather than sending them to jail. Social media and the news media need a whole lot of re-architecting. And the focus really should be on what that new architecture needs to be.