Opinion | The Rise and Fall of the Palo Alto Consensus - The New York Times

At this point, intellectuals on both the right and the left see the Palo Alto Consensus as abhorrent. Conservatives bemoan the conceit of technologists who expect to design universal systems; progressives bridle over the concentration of power in corporate hands. Both groups fret that this new power transcends mere economics to encompass social relationships that had previously been shielded from market logic. And even Mr. Zuckerberg now agrees that we are in a bad situation.