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Observations from this article: - Zuckerberg denied he is running for president in 2020. I wonder what is the reason of his postelection tour in America and hi

Observations from this article: - Zuckerberg denied he is running for president in 2020. I wonder what is the reason of his postelection tour in America and his big PR team. [1] I don't think it's possible to be both Statesman Zuck and Silicon Valley engineer Zuck. As the article says, you cannot be concerned with only quantifiable outcomes and at the same time propagate fuzzy human ideas like ethics, judgment and intuition. - Facebook's motto of Move Fast and Break Things seems to be replaced with Break Things and Test Results. The News Feed has turned into a Skinner box to study the daily behaviour of more than a billion people. - I get very overstimulated looking at the picture of their newsfeed office for a few seconds - bravo for people being able to be focused and able to write code in that environment! [1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-18/this-team-runs-mark-zuckerberg-s-facebook-page https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-18/this-team...

LeeHwang 9y ago
If he's not running for office, maybe it's to prevent a huge public backlash to facebook ? There is increasing unrest and resentment towards the very rich including silicon valley ceos in america.
pavel_lishin 9y ago
> Zuckerberg denied he is running for president in 2020. I wonder what is the reason of his postelection tour in America and his big PR team. He might have a different plan in mind for effecting changes in the world. Being elected President gives you certain powers, but it also comes with a lot of responsibilities and limitations; whereas, being a traveling Do-Gooder and (ugh) Thought Leader or whatever, with several billion dollars behind you and no constitutional limitations on what you can spend the money on might be more freeing. Basically, a Heinlein novel come to life and adjusted for the 21st century.
- stevenwoo 9y ago
  Isn't that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation?
ithinkinstereo 9y ago
> Zuckerberg denied he is running for president in 2020. That's a common tactic. I'm all but sure he plans on entering politics. In addition to his recent tour of America and big PR team, he also recently renounced his atheism. That, imo, is a big tell. Trumps win this fall is going to open the door for many other billionaire-celebrities. He basically proved that name recognition alone can take you very far. This is why you see people like Mark Cuban mulling a campaign. Zuck has name recognition - arguably more than Trump - is less blatantly offensive, and has a treasure trove of data. Not to mention a natural marketing/communications/propaganda platform. He also has a seasoned team of lobbyists at his disposal. Oh and he's loaded, too.
- pavel_lishin 9y ago
  Did he pick a new belief system? My first thought was that he would have converted to his wife's religion, but Buddhism isn't likely to play much better than atheism in America if he's planning on entering politics proper.
  - ithinkinstereo 9y ago
    > Did he pick a new belief system? No, not a particularly belief system. He just made a FB post stating that "religion is very important" to him. Previously, he was on the record as stating that he was an atheist. He'll prob embrace Judaism - that will probably fly a bit better with middle America than Bhuddhism.
    - pavel_lishin 9y ago
      Wait, did he state that his religious beliefs are important to him? Or that in general, the concept of religion is important to him? It sounds like a weasely statement - "I care about this because you care about this", meaning, I don't give a shit but don't want to offend you. Either way, though, it's definitely and unfortunately a near necessity for entering politics.
- nostrademons 9y ago
  Also, Facebook's recent stock plan reportedly includes a clause that allows him to maintain control of the company if he serves in government: https://www.wired.com/2017/01/zucks-sure-acting-like-someone-might-run-president/ https://www.wired.com/2017/01/zucks-sure-acting-like-someone...
sixQuarks 9y ago
what's the deal with all those tubes hanging down from the ceiling? IMO, they clutter the office too much.
throwaway136 9y ago
Or it could be simply that he wants to understand the people of the country better. After Trump's election he may be surprised by the outcome, and instead of cursing intelligence of people who voted him, he just wants to understand the perspective. I know Zuckerberg is not a well liked on HN, but still if we consider his previous resolutions of reading book, running, building AI. Most are simple without ulterior motives of ruling the world.
alexkavon 9y ago
> I get very overstimulated looking at the picture of their newsfeed office for a few seconds - bravo for people being able to be focused and able to write code in that environment! The office looks like a Facebook news feed: Cluttered disarray.
- Jeema101 9y ago
  It's anxiety-inducing for me just to look at. I would never work at a place with an office environment that looked like this.
  - alexkavon 9y ago
    Neither I. I'm 6'4" and I think I'd probably spend most of the 8-hour work day tripping over everything.
nojvek 9y ago
Mark Cuban wants to run, Zuck wants to run. Trump basically proved that truck loads of money will get you very far in govt. It seems America is slowly becoming a plutocracy where decisions originate from one place and Congress has to uphold that decision in the fear of being fired or losing on copious amount of lobbying money. America is no longer a functional democracy.

LeeHwang 9y ago

If he's not running for office, maybe it's to prevent a huge public backlash to facebook ? There is increasing unrest and resentment towards the very rich including silicon valley ceos in america.

pavel_lishin 9y ago

> Zuckerberg denied he is running for president in 2020. I wonder what is the reason of his postelection tour in America and his big PR team. He might have a different plan in mind for effecting changes in the world. Being elected President gives you certain powers, but it also comes with a lot of responsibilities and limitations; whereas, being a traveling Do-Gooder and (ugh) Thought Leader or whatever, with several billion dollars behind you and no constitutional limitations on what you can spend the money on might be more freeing. Basically, a Heinlein novel come to life and adjusted for the 21st century.

stevenwoo 9y ago
Isn't that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation?

ithinkinstereo 9y ago

> Zuckerberg denied he is running for president in 2020. That's a common tactic. I'm all but sure he plans on entering politics. In addition to his recent tour of America and big PR team, he also recently renounced his atheism. That, imo, is a big tell. Trumps win this fall is going to open the door for many other billionaire-celebrities. He basically proved that name recognition alone can take you very far. This is why you see people like Mark Cuban mulling a campaign. Zuck has name recognition - arguably more than Trump - is less blatantly offensive, and has a treasure trove of data. Not to mention a natural marketing/communications/propaganda platform. He also has a seasoned team of lobbyists at his disposal. Oh and he's loaded, too.

pavel_lishin 9y ago
Did he pick a new belief system? My first thought was that he would have converted to his wife's religion, but Buddhism isn't likely to play much better than atheism in America if he's planning on entering politics proper.
- ithinkinstereo 9y ago
  > Did he pick a new belief system? No, not a particularly belief system. He just made a FB post stating that "religion is very important" to him. Previously, he was on the record as stating that he was an atheist. He'll prob embrace Judaism - that will probably fly a bit better with middle America than Bhuddhism.
  - pavel_lishin 9y ago
    Wait, did he state that his religious beliefs are important to him? Or that in general, the concept of religion is important to him? It sounds like a weasely statement - "I care about this because you care about this", meaning, I don't give a shit but don't want to offend you. Either way, though, it's definitely and unfortunately a near necessity for entering politics.
nostrademons 9y ago
Also, Facebook's recent stock plan reportedly includes a clause that allows him to maintain control of the company if he serves in government: https://www.wired.com/2017/01/zucks-sure-acting-like-someone-might-run-president/ https://www.wired.com/2017/01/zucks-sure-acting-like-someone...

sixQuarks 9y ago

what's the deal with all those tubes hanging down from the ceiling? IMO, they clutter the office too much.

throwaway136 9y ago

Or it could be simply that he wants to understand the people of the country better. After Trump's election he may be surprised by the outcome, and instead of cursing intelligence of people who voted him, he just wants to understand the perspective. I know Zuckerberg is not a well liked on HN, but still if we consider his previous resolutions of reading book, running, building AI. Most are simple without ulterior motives of ruling the world.

alexkavon 9y ago

> I get very overstimulated looking at the picture of their newsfeed office for a few seconds - bravo for people being able to be focused and able to write code in that environment! The office looks like a Facebook news feed: Cluttered disarray.

Jeema101 9y ago
It's anxiety-inducing for me just to look at. I would never work at a place with an office environment that looked like this.
- alexkavon 9y ago
  Neither I. I'm 6'4" and I think I'd probably spend most of the 8-hour work day tripping over everything.

nojvek 9y ago

Mark Cuban wants to run, Zuck wants to run. Trump basically proved that truck loads of money will get you very far in govt. It seems America is slowly becoming a plutocracy where decisions originate from one place and Congress has to uphold that decision in the fear of being fired or losing on copious amount of lobbying money. America is no longer a functional democracy.