Who said it: tech CEO or communist leader? Take our quiz
by Julia Carrie Wong from Technology | The Guardian on (#1VQRX)
This week Mark Zuckerberg announced plans to 'advance human potential' and 'promote' equality. But he's not the only tech billionaire in a Che Guevara shirt
Capitalism is catechism in Silicon Valley. The civic religion is entrepreneurism and evangelism is a marketing tool. But for an industry that worships at the altars of the marketplace, the rhetoric of billionaires has gotten a bit confusing.
Just this week, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced his latest plans to invest $3bn from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, an organization whose mission statement - "Our hopes for the future center on two ideas: advancing human potential and promoting equality" - would not sound out of place coming out of the mouth of a die-hard communist.
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