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This seems more like PR than a genuine letter to a child. Which is fine, but I wish they'd treat it as such. They talk about facebook, donations, improving the
by dhcar 11y ago
This seems more like PR than a genuine letter to a child. Which is fine, but I wish they'd treat it as such.
They talk about facebook, donations, improving the world, their beliefs, etc. but very little on how to be a better person or how to enjoy life. Maybe I'm projecting, but what would you want to find in your pillow after moving in for your first day of college?
I hope they wrote their daughter a real letter. One directed to her and not something that will be tweeted by hundreds of news organizations.
- soared 11y agoTelling her they're donating $45B seems like a clear message on how to be a better person to me. Selflessness and the desire to improve the world.
- sparkzilla 11y agoIsn't the birth of a child enough of a celebration, without smothering it in a multi-page manifesto?
- DaveWalk 11y agoMy brain hurts just reading through this letter. I'm trying to picture my parents -- or anyone's parents! -- writing: "Your mother and I don't yet have the words to describe the hope you give us for the future... Our hopes for your generation focus on two ideas: advancing human potential and promoting equality... We can do this work only because we have a strong global community behind us. Building Facebook has created resources to improve the world for the next generation. Every member of the Facebook community is playing a part in this work... Love, Mom and Dad" Philanthropy aside, doen's this "letter" read like a scene from the Silicon Valley TV show?