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Beyond showing just how much influence Mr. Thiel has on Mr. Zuckerberg (referring to efforts behind the commencement speech as 'we'), I didn't glean anything fr
by voiceblue 2y ago
Beyond showing just how much influence Mr. Thiel has on Mr. Zuckerberg (referring to efforts behind the commencement speech as 'we'), I didn't glean anything from these e-mails. They seemed rather devoid of meaningful content.
Perhaps this is a poor assessment due to my recent reading of Ben Franklin's private correspondence, and comparing one to the other might not make sense. It did, however, remind me of so much corporate and PR correspondence which is all but designed to be as inspid as possible.
The saving grace, I suppose, is that these individuals probably did not intend to publicize these e-mails. Then again, neither did Mr. Franklin.
- campbel 2y agoI find them shallow because the conversations are purely based on how they want to be perceived and lack any ideas into how things ought to be. Which I imagine the founding fathers correspondence was rich with.
- bag_boy 2y agoWhere can I read Benjamin Franklin’s private correspondence?
- voiceblue 2y agoThis book [0] contains several such letters. Beware it makes for fairly dry reading sometimes, since they're usually addressed to one person about a topic that may or may not be of general interest, and often missing greater context. [0] https://www.amazon.com/Benjamin-Franklin-Autobiography-Richard-Writings/dp/1883011531/ https://www.amazon.com/Benjamin-Franklin-Autobiography-Richa...