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We have been living in a dystopian sci-fi novel since 1945.
Yes but I think the velocity of Dystopianism since 2001 might be much greater than anything experienced before then.
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Then don't vote for Zuckerberg? Technically, if he were to be a representative or other elected government official, he would be obligated to uphold the interests of his constituents, not the company he owns, just like any other representative. Granted, it might be a concern that he would use his position to help his company, which is why officials usually have to put their assets in a blind trust. He would still hav…
That's much easier said than done. At the end of the day, Facebook almost reaches 2 billion people. Good luck beating that and a net worth of $50 billion.
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Recent announcements and actions by Zuck suggest that he's going to run for office one day. 1) Reveals he is no longer an atheist ( http://nypost.com/2017/01/02/mark-zuckerberg-reveals-hes-no-... ) 2) 2017 New Years goal to meet people in every 50 state ( http://www.businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerberg-personal-goal... ) etc.
It suggests he may be Buddhist. You can't really use a religion other than Christianity if you're pandering to Americans.
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Recent announcements and actions by Zuck suggest that he's going to run for office one day. 1) Reveals he is no longer an atheist ( http://nypost.com/2017/01/02/mark-zuckerberg-reveals-hes-no-... ) 2) 2017 New Years goal to meet people in every 50 state ( http://www.businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerberg-personal-goal... ) etc.
It suggests he may be Buddhist. You can't really use a religion other than Christianity if you're pandering to Americans.
But in the case of religion (even Buddhism), I find it plausible. Demographics and expectations about religion are changing. Religious belief and alignment does appear to be softening. See: http://www.pewforum.org/2015/11/03/u-s-public-becoming-less-...
More broadly, I think the models of cognitive dissonance and tribal behavior are sometimes more important than arbitrary labels. If enough voters feel comfortable with a candidate (on their own terms) they can dismiss any number of externally-imposed labels about their candidate.
I was going to post asking what experience Mark has in government but then I remembered the American population just voted to elect a reality TV 'star' and rich-from-daddies-money mediocre businessman as President. So yeah I guess Mark is highly qualified in that he has several times Trump's net worth.
I must have missed something; why are people discussing Zuck serving in government?
It's pretty clear that the Trump election has changed the calculus quite a bit in this regard. I expect to see more celebrity candidates going forward, at least in the near term.
Politicians have a lot of levers to shape media coverage without owning one of the largest sources of information in the modern world.
Why does this sound like the plot to a dystopian sci fi novel? Facebook's interests aren't anything close to my interests.
It's worth keeping in mind that some of America's founding fathers were also among the wealthiest people in the country (e.g. John Hancock).
Why does this sound like the plot to a dystopian sci fi novel? Facebook's interests aren't anything close to my interests.
Then don't vote for Zuckerberg? Technically, if he were to be a representative or other elected government official, he would be obligated to uphold the interests of his constituents, not the company he owns, just like any other representative. Granted, it might be a concern that he would use his position to help his company, which is why officials usually have to put their assets in a blind trust. He would still hav…
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Recent announcements and actions by Zuck suggest that he's going to run for office one day. 1) Reveals he is no longer an atheist ( http://nypost.com/2017/01/02/mark-zuckerberg-reveals-hes-no-... ) 2) 2017 New Years goal to meet people in every 50 state ( http://www.businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerberg-personal-goal... ) etc.
“No. I was raised Jewish and then I went through a period where I questioned things, but now I believe religion is very important,” he wrote.