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I keep saying this to anyone who will listen — I doubt very much that he's interested in running for anything. As CEO of Facebook, if he's not as powerful as a
by dcre 9y ago
I keep saying this to anyone who will listen — I doubt very much that he's interested in running for anything. As CEO of Facebook, if he's not as powerful as a US president yet, he very well might be in 5 or 10 years. He hinted in his globalization "manifesto"[1] that he wants Facebook to become what the UN could not be. I recommend everyone read it in full, as well as some critical commentaries.[2][3][4]
If anything, it's much scarier to think he sees this as a necessary part of his job as Facebook CEO.
[1] https://www.facebook.com/notes/mark-zuckerberg/building-global-community/10154544292806634/ https://www.facebook.com/notes/mark-zuckerberg/building-glob...
[2] https://medium.com/@CharlieBeckett/facebook-grappling-with-political-reality-4a18999f12aa https://medium.com/@CharlieBeckett/facebook-grappling-with-p...
[3] http://www.roughtype.com/?p=7651 http://www.roughtype.com/?p=7651
[4] https://stratechery.com/2017/manifestos-and-monopolies/ https://stratechery.com/2017/manifestos-and-monopolies/
- obmelvin 9y agoI completely agree. I think people like Zuck and Gates are better off doing work via the private sector and philanthropy. Also, regarding the types of people he's meeting. Yes, they are people one would expect a politician to meet with while campaigning. However, given our past election I don't think it's surprising that a man as intelligent as Zuck would want to meet them. He seems to genuinely care in his mission statement, even though I believe he's out of touch, and this tour does truly make sense as it is stated.