Google and Facebook threaten to control our thoughts (WSJ)
In his 2014 book “Zero to One,” Peter Thiel notes that because Google “doesn’t have to worry about competing with anyone, it has wider latitude to care about . . . its impact on the wider world.” If executives at a Silicon Valley monopoly believe that censoring certain content will push the world in a positive direction, market pressures cannot sufficiently restrain them. Journalists also argue that tech companies are pushing media toward the lowest common denominator. Social media rewards…