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Zuckerberg urges Harvard grads to build a world of 'purpose'
Associated Press ^ | May 25, 2017 8:39 PM EDT | Barbara Ortutay

Posted on 05/25/2017 8:24:10 PM PDT by Olog-hai

Mark Zuckerberg returned Thursday to Harvard, where he launched Facebook and then dropped out, telling graduates it’s up to them to bring purpose to the world, fight inequality and strengthen the global community.

“Change starts local. Even global changes start small — with people like us,” the Facebook CEO said. He shared stories about graduates such as David Razu Aznar, a former city leader who led the effort to legalize gay marriage in Mexico City, and Agnes Igoye, who grew up in conflict zones in Uganda and now trains law enforcement officers.

“And this is my story too,” Zuckerberg added. “A student in a dorm room, connecting one community at a time, and keeping at it until one day we can connect the whole world.”

Such lofty talk now comes naturally to Zuckerberg, a 33-year-old billionaire who has committed to giving away nearly all of his wealth. In February, he sketched out an ambitious, if vague, vision for Facebook that committed the company to developing “social infrastructure” that would help build a “global community that works for all of us.” …

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TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Education; Society
KEYWORDS: facebook; globalism; harvard; homosexualagenda; liberalagenda; ssm; towerofbabel; zuckerberg
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To: lee martell

Doesn’t MZ have a fence or wall around his house and yard? Security systems? If so, he is full of it to mention border control.


21 posted on 05/28/2017 9:10:05 AM PDT by Morpheus2009
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To: Morpheus2009

Yes, he does have a fence. In fact his fence used to be so high, it blocked the views for many of his neighbors. After they went public with their concerns and probably online too, he scaled the fence back some. “Fences for me, but not for thee!”


22 posted on 05/28/2017 9:17:04 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: Jeff Chandler

Nobody did ‘fake sincerity comedy’ like Steve Martin.


23 posted on 05/28/2017 9:20:10 AM PDT by lee martell
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