Subscribe: iTunes | Google Play Music | How to ListenThe venture capitalist Roger McNamee has a long history with Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook. Among other things, he suggested that Zuckerberg hire Sheryl Sandberg to be his chief operating officer. “For the past two years,” McNamee says on this week’s podcast, “I have converted from being an investor in technology to being a critic of companies that I was part of helping to build and which I love dearly, but which sadly are now unintentionally causing great harm.”McNamee addresses his concerns and what he thinks can be done about them in a discussion about his new book, “Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe.”ImageCharles Finch also visits us this week, to talk about the season’s best thrillers, including Jane Harper’s “The Lost Man,” which Finch calls “a roar back to form” by a “gifted, laconic” writer.

Source: New York Times February 01, 2019 19:30 UTC