Mark Zuckerberg

Yeah. I mean, at this point, I think a lot of this stuff has been studied. So I mean, I don't want to go rehash all the different things. But I think at this point, there's been years of academic research on a lot of these things.

Yeah. I mean, at this point, I think a lot of this stuff has been studied. So I mean, I don't want to go rehash all the different things. But I think at this point, there's been years of academic research on a lot of these things.

And part of the thing that's challenging is, and one of the things that we've learned, is we actually should be trying to support more academics and doing more of this research ahead of time. Because when you get to a point where you're being accused of something, you're not super credible. Just standing up yourself and being like, I don't think we did this one.

And part of the thing that's challenging is, and one of the things that we've learned, is we actually should be trying to support more academics and doing more of this research ahead of time. Because when you get to a point where you're being accused of something, you're not super credible. Just standing up yourself and being like, I don't think we did this one.

But what has worked over time is like, you do the research in advance and you get kind of third party academics, respected folks who get to debate all these different issues. And then it's like, oh no, actually like the evidence just does not show that social media is correlated with this kind of harm at all. So I think that like, or it's, you know, so I think that it kind of cuts both ways.

But what has worked over time is like, you do the research in advance and you get kind of third party academics, respected folks who get to debate all these different issues. And then it's like, oh no, actually like the evidence just does not show that social media is correlated with this kind of harm at all. So I think that like, or it's, you know, so I think that it kind of cuts both ways.

When you start when you're 19, it's like, hopefully we have more than 20 years left.

When you start when you're 19, it's like, hopefully we have more than 20 years left.

Yeah. Hopefully.

Yeah. Hopefully.

Well. In 2006, Yahoo wanted to buy the company for a billion dollars, and everyone on our management team wanted to sell it, and the board tried to fire me, and everyone, and basically in the next year, everyone else on the management team left because they, I hadn't done a good job, I mean, I don't want to blame them.

Well. In 2006, Yahoo wanted to buy the company for a billion dollars, and everyone on our management team wanted to sell it, and the board tried to fire me, and everyone, and basically in the next year, everyone else on the management team left because they, I hadn't done a good job, I mean, I don't want to blame them.

I hadn't done a good job communicating the long-term vision because I wasn't thinking about that at the time. wasn't thinking in terms of this as a company. I was like, this is a great project. It's awesome. A lot of people like what we're doing. I think this will probably continue for a while. I think it's going to be pretty important in the world.

I hadn't done a good job communicating the long-term vision because I wasn't thinking about that at the time. wasn't thinking in terms of this as a company. I was like, this is a great project. It's awesome. A lot of people like what we're doing. I think this will probably continue for a while. I think it's going to be pretty important in the world.

But I didn't know how to think in terms of long-term financial plans or... Like make the case to them why it would be worth more than a billion. Yeah, or just like, look, we're doing this for the long term. We're not planning on selling the company. So it's like without having made that case, it was understandable that basically Yahoo comes around.

But I didn't know how to think in terms of long-term financial plans or... Like make the case to them why it would be worth more than a billion. Yeah, or just like, look, we're doing this for the long term. We're not planning on selling the company. So it's like without having made that case, it was understandable that basically Yahoo comes around.

A lot of people, it's like this is like all their startup dreams come true. You've got to take this offer. Because I just wasn't in a place where I had the sophistication to basically... articulate a lot of the stuff around where we were going longer term. It probably wasn't super confidence-inspiring to them when I was like, hey, I think we should turn this down because we're going to do this.

A lot of people, it's like this is like all their startup dreams come true. You've got to take this offer. Because I just wasn't in a place where I had the sophistication to basically... articulate a lot of the stuff around where we were going longer term. It probably wasn't super confidence-inspiring to them when I was like, hey, I think we should turn this down because we're going to do this.

So after that, I was like, all right, well, I don't want to get fired from my own company for wanting to build it, so let's try to set up a governance structure that makes it somewhat harder to do that. So... Learning through suffering.

So after that, I was like, all right, well, I don't want to get fired from my own company for wanting to build it, so let's try to set up a governance structure that makes it somewhat harder to do that. So... Learning through suffering.