Even the Facebook vice president seemed mostly unfazed. If I had a problem with Cambridge Analytica, he said, then I should create a rival firm—respond to the Uber of propaganda by developing the Lyft. This suggestion struck me as perverse—not to mention irresponsible—coming from an executive at a company well positioned to take meaningful action. But that was how Silicon Valley operated, I soon realized. The reaction to any problem, even one as serious as a threat to the integrity of our elections, is not “How can we fix it?” Rather, it’s “How can we monetize it?”
