Mark Zuckerberg, In It To Change the World?

schmidt349 submitted a story about Zuckerberg that might fly in the face of what you've heard of the guy in the past. "Award-winning New York Times journalist David Kirkpatrick's new book The Facebook Effect presents readers with a complex view of Facebook's founder and CEO. Primed by hours of conversation and research deep into the history of the social network, Kirkpatrick reaches the conclusion that money isn't a primary motivation for Zuckerberg, 'a coder more than a CEO, a philosopher more than a businessman, a 26-year-old who has consistently avoided selling out because he sees Facebook as his way to change the world.' Kirkpatrick deftly handles the controversy surrounding Facebook's sometimes cavalier attitude toward user privacy, and the result is a much more balanced and less sensationalist account of Facebook's past, present, and future."

Comments

Re:What a conveniently timed puff piece

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No one who wants to change the world refers to their potential user base as "dumb F***'s", there is no situation in which it's ok to do that, or that any rational person wouldn't think that this would come back one day. Couple this with the stolen code issues, privacy issues, etc. and Zuckerberg clearly belongs to the group of people operating their lives outside of the world of logic.

I had to check my calendar

[dreamchaser]

I had to check my calendar when I saw this submission. I *knew* it wasn't April 1st but still...I mean REALLY? Is this supposed to be taken seriously?

Re:not motivated by money?

[oldhack]

The insolence. Dr. Evil has a principle. The evil principle. Zucker? The kid is merely a money-grubbing troll.

Re:Well Obviously.

[poetmatt]

well put. Of course, he plans to do that at all costs, including selling out to the highest bidder.