I think about this a lot, I believe part of this just boils down to the fact that he’s a founder. He’s a builder, and I think that yields some intrinsic drive t

I think about this a lot, I believe part of this just boils down to the fact that he’s a founder. He’s a builder, and I think that yields some intrinsic drive towards creativity and disruption. Even with “metaverse” being a laughingstock, they’re still aiming for something ambitious. Each new Quest generation makes me think there may be a chance they pull it off. Now, do I think he’s a great person? No, not really. Do I agree with most of his decisions on how he treats his users? Hell no, and that’s not changing. But if you compare him to somebody like Sundar at Google - a weasley MBA who was first and foremost a corporate ladder climber - the difference in ambition is night and day. Sundar made it to the top already, his only vision now is to stay at the top, and that means pleasing Wall Street, everything else is secondary. There is no grand technical ambition with him, there never was. This goes for pretty much all non-founder CEOs. You could say the same things about Tim Apple, Andy Jassey, and other henchmen in waiting who made it to the big chair. I think it comes down to the fact that founders get where they are by having big ambitions and taking risks, the MBA to CEO path is just craven corporate knife fighting with other MBAs. Regardless, I think this is 50% Zuckerberg changing, 50% the other big companies are mostly run by ladder climbers.