Zuck Across America
- 01+++stamp-title +++stamp-brow Business +++ #Zuck Across #America ##FACEBOOK'S ##CEO TOURS ##THE US +++stamp-byline-white JASON TANZ +++ +++
- 02+++stamp-center ######On January 3, #####__Mark Zuckerberg__ announced that he was hitting the road to talk to people from every state in the US “__about how they’re living, working and thinking about the future.__” +++
- 03+++stamp-center #####So, eight months in, what has he learned? +++
- 04+++stamp-bottom ###Self-Driving Trucks Will Take Over Trucking, Said No Trucker Ever #####After a visit to the __World's Largest Truck Stop__, Zuckerberg found that most truckers didn’t fear self-driving trucks would take their jobs—because they don’t think they will ever exist. +++
- 05+++stamp-bottom ###“It’s interesting that people in the industry don’t believe this will happen soon,” ##### Zuckerberg mused, not at all passive-aggressively. +++
- 06+++stamp-bottom ###Not Everyone Believes in Climate Change #####When Zuckerberg spoke at Harvard, he urged students to stop climate change “before we destroy the planet.” Face to face with __pipeline-favoring oil workers__, however, he took a more philosophical approach. +++
- 07+++stamp-bottom ### “It’s interesting to see this perspective when science overwhelmingly suggests fossil fuels contribute to climate change,” #####he wrote. There’s that “I”-word again! +++
- 08+++stamp-bottom ###Slavery = A Pretty Big Deal! #####In the __Vicksburg Civil War site__ in Mississippi, Zuckerberg reflected “how much our history is still part of our everyday life.” +++
- 09+++stamp-top ##### That tortured history continues to inform our rancorous national conversation, but Zuckerberg—like the platform he runs—doesn’t judge. +++
- 10+++stamp-bottom #####Zuckerberg is a curious person and his descriptions of the people he meets can be moving. But if he’s hearing any of the anger or pain so prevalent on his platform, you won’t read about it in his travelogues. His posts could be a b-school class in corporate equivocation. It takes hard work to write that much, yet reveal so little. +++
11+++stamp-center #####Some people have speculated that Zuckerberg’s tour presages __a presidential run__. But Zuckerberg denies it, and it makes sense to believe him. To run for office, he’d have to take a stand—and risk alienating half of his users. Zuckerberg’s tour isn’t about competing to lead America, it’s about convincing everyone they have a home on Facebook. +++
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