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> While our company has a special role in the lives of this generation, this is likely particularly important for how I show up because I am the most well-known
by tedivm 11mo ago
> While our company has a special role in the lives of this generation, this is likely particularly important for how I show up because I am the most well-known person of my generation.
They really are up their own asses so much in this thread. Just the arrogance of these people absolutely kills me.
- xp84 11mo agoWell, it’s probably true only if you consider sports and media celebrities as not people, which would be a stretch.
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- saubeidl 11mo agoI've never seen Zuckerberg fill up a stadium the same way Messi, Ronaldo, Taylor Swift or Beyonce have...
- throitallaway 11mo agoMusk tried that once at a Dave Chappelle show. It didn't go so well for him.
- notahacker 11mo agotbf they haven't been the villain in a movie (yet...)
- tristanMatthias 11mo agoSo “The Social Dilemma” doesn’t count?
- quantified 11mo agoNot as much as "The Social Network", probably.
- code_for_monkey 11mo agoPeter Thiel thinks Greta Thunberg is the antichrist. this should be disqualifying for life in the public sphere and somehow it is not.
- saubeidl 11mo agoWe must understand that all of our industries leaders are deeply mentally ill and dangerous people. Whether that is from not ever being told no once they got rich enough or whether it's pathological to even seek out that dimension of wealth is not clear, but the result is worrying either way.
- noir_lord 11mo agoUnderstanding isn't going far enough (though it's a nescessary first step), We should all be demanding that our governments reign these idiots in before they do something we can't undo. That Clegg is in these emails is particularly onerous.
- vvpan 11mo agoBritain's ex-Deputy Prime Minister it so happens.
- jimbokun 11mo agoAre you a licensed psychiatrist?
- AndrewKemendo 11mo agoDevils advocate here I’m not agreeing, but I’m hard pressed to find another person that is from the millennial generation that has been a persistent “public figure” as long and persistently than Zuck. He has been persistently in the news more or less daily since 2006. Can you name another millennial that has a wider and longer lasting notoriety? Does that mean that people respect him, or think of him as an ideal person or whatever? No but that’s not what Zuckerberg is saying - he’s saying “well known” I’m not sure I could name another millennial that is as well known globally for as long - maybe Ronaldo or Taylor Swift
- throitallaway 11mo agoThat may be true, but that's not the news I'm exposed to. I only see him pop up every few years or so when he's announcing The Next Big Thing or trying to look/act more like a human person.
- 9rx 11mo ago> I’m hard pressed to find another person that is from the millennial generation that has been a persistent “public figure” as long and persistently than Zuck. Prince William and Prince Harry have him beat on that front, surely? They've been persistent public figures since birth. And if we limit it to modern times, Taylor Swift has got to be way more well known. Even my young kids know who Taylor Swift is. They have no clue about who Zuckerberg is.
- GoatInGrey 11mo agoRemind me which prince it was that moved to the US and is cut off from the royal family? Was that William?
- ben_w 11mo agoHarry left by choice and might be reconciling, Andrew was pushed because everyone hates him, William is the one who is next in line to be king.
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- throitallaway 11mo agoThose that have their names on the high score board of capitalism are truly the Einsteins of our generation and we should be so lucky to hear every thought stream that dribbles out of their heads.
- lbrito 11mo agoThey are the Bond villains of their generation.
- latexr 11mo agor/Millennials has a relevant list of Millennial celebrities. https://www.reddit.com/r/Millennials/comments/1g1gw7v/famous_millennials_celebrity_from_each_year/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Millennials/comments/1g1gw7v/famous... Zuckerberg thinks he’s more well-known than Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, Ed Sheeran, Scarlett Johansson, Adele, Lady Gaga, Cristiano Ronaldo, Beyoncé…
- misiti3780 11mo agoI mean, he is *as* well known as those people. You think more people know who Ed Sheeran than Zuckerberg?
- pirates 11mo ago100%. I think people are way more likely to know the name of one of their favorite artists versus the owner of an online platform, no matter what that platform is.
- 9rx 11mo agoTo be fair, knowing someone's name is only one property of many when it comes to knowing them. It is technically possible — although perhaps unlikely — for someone to be more well-known than another even without having a recognizable name. Zuckerberg probably is more well-known than Ed Sheeran. "Ed Sheeran", the name, may be more familiar, but what do typical people really know about the details of his life? Zuckerberg, on the other hand, had a movie made about him. At least everyone knows about Taylor Swift's dating life, if we want to compare to music celebrities. Still, imagine Prince William or Prince Harry have to be most well-known. They've been chronicled since birth. Especially when you look past an Americentric view and turn to the world stage.
- latexr 11mo agoAre you aware that Ed Sheeran is one of—and was not that long ago the—best selling music artist in the world? The fact you only nitpicked a single name from that list is, I think, quite telling. We know who Zuckerberg is. Non-tech-nerds just going on with their lives don’t for the most part, even if they use apps from Meta. If they even heard the name, it was due to some negative news related to Facebook or Meta.
- hearsathought 11mo agoThat Meta/facebook had a special role in the lives of his generation is not up for debate. It's a fact. Also, zuckerburg probably meant he was the "most well-known person in tech" of his generation, which is true. But expanding it beyond tech, he definitely is as well-known as anyone else in his generation. Everyone in his generation knows what facebook is. Everyone in his generation knows zuckerburg. The guy may be arrogant, but nothing about his statement was arrogant. He was stating facts.
- tedivm 11mo agoYou literally had to rewrite the meaning of the statement to remove the arrogance. He didn't say "in tech", he said what he said.
- hearsathought 11mo ago> You literally had to rewrite the meaning of the statement No I didn't because the context of the statement was up for debate. > He didn't say "in tech", he said what he said. The email thread about about tech though. Besides, I also wrote "But expanding it beyond tech, he definitely is as well-known as anyone else in his generation." My comment was in good fath and addressed both scenarios : "tech" and "non-tech" Your original comment and not surprising your reply was not in good faith because have an agenda.