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That's the advice that Andrew "Boz" Bosworth, the CTO of Meta, gave in a blog post this week about what he described as managing your "emotional economy."

"Imagine each person in your life as a publicly traded security," Bosworth, who has been at Meta since 2006, wrote. "You're heavily invested in a few — your parents, your partner, your manager. You hold small positions in many others, like coworkers or acquaintances. And then there are people you have no stake in at all — strangers on the street, commenters online, passing critics."

Meta CTO: Treat Relationships Like Investments to Avoid Emotional Bankruptcy

In the high-stakes world of Silicon Valley, where tech titans juggle multibillion-dollar portfolios and groundbreaking innovations, Meta Platforms Inc.’s chief technology officer, Andrew Bosworth, has offered a fresh perspective on personal connections. Drawing from his experiences at the helm of one of the world’s largest social media companies, Bosworth advises treating relationships like financial investments, a concept he detailed in a recent blog post. This approach, he argues, involves managing what he calls the “emotional economy” with the same rigor as a stock portfolio, diversifying bonds and pruning underperformers to avoid emotional bankruptcy.

Bosworth, often known as “Boz” in tech circles, emphasizes the need for intentional allocation of time and energy. Just as investors rebalance assets to mitigate risks, individuals should evaluate their relationships periodically, investing more in those that yield positive returns and divesting from toxic ones. This philosophy stems from his own career trajectory, where he’s navigated Meta’s ambitious pivots from social networking to metaverse technologies, always prioritizing high-impact collaborations.

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Investors were spooked by some Big Tech capex plans, with all three major indexes falling Thursday. Meta stock suffered its biggest one-day loss since October 2022 as skepticism over its AI spending plans overshadowed strong results, while Microsoft lost 3%.

But it was not all doom and gloom. Amazon shares jumped more than 13% in extended trading after it beat expectations and saw strong growth in its cloud-computing unit. Netflix handed out treats to big and small investors alike as it announced a 10-for-1 stock split, making its shares more accessible to investors. 

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