Gary Marcus: Greed, not lead, is what will crush modern civilization
GaryMarcus · x · 2026-09-10
- Gary Marcus, reacting to Meta's stock being up 20%, invoked the disputed theory that lead poisoning doomed Rome to argue that greed is what will actually crush modern civilization.
- The quoted post mocked Meta for shrugging off AI-related controversies while its stock rallies — part of the AI-skeptic discourse around big tech hubris.
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