DOES Mark Zuckerberg want to be President?
That’s the question on everyone’s lips following the 5500 word missive the Facebook founder published Thursday on globalisation, focusing on what he called “the most important question of all: Are we building the world we want?”
In a piece entitled Building Global Community, the 32-year-old wrote about the opportunity for people to come together in a newly connected world.
“Our greatest opportunities are now global — like spreading prosperity and freedom, promoting peace and understanding, lifting people out of poverty, and accelerating science,” he said.
“Our greatest challenges also need global responses — like ending terrorism, fighting climate change, and preventing pandemics. Progress now requires humanity coming together not just as cities or nations, but also as a global community.”
In a piece that quoted Abraham Lincoln, he addressed the populist movements that have led to a backlash against globalisation around the world.
While he didn’t name President Trump directly, the man worth $68 billion wrote about the importance of Facebook helping to build supportive, safe, informed, civically engaged and inclusive communities, saying he wants the company to play a greater role in helping bring people together.
“I am reminded of President Lincoln’s remarks during the American Civil War: “We can succeed only by concert. It is not ‘can any of us imagine better?’ but, ‘can we all do better?’ The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, act anew,” he said.
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