Thread Alert: Should we be worried about Mark Zuckerberg 2.0?

The Bunker – News without the nonsense

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News, Government, Politics, Society & Culture

4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2023

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Mark Zuckerberg has transformed from unsuspecting nerd to an MMA fighter taking on arch tech bro Elon Musk. What has changed? Bobby Friction speaks to Wessie du Toit, a freelance writer behind the newsletter The Pathos of Things, about Zuckerberg 2.0 and if we should be concerned about his macho man transformation. “After the 2016 election, Zuckerberg became a pantomime villain so he needed a makeover.” “You don’t see CEOs of energy companies threatening to fight each other in cage matches.” “His increasingly desperate efforts to build his metaverse just look sad.” Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and presented by Bobby Friction. Producer: Liam Tait. Audio editor: Jade Bailey. Managing editor: Jacob Jarvis. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. Instagram | Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:15.0	From poster boy for revenge of the nerds to billionaire fight club member,
1:19.7	the Maharaja of Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, has been on a tech bro journey like no other.
1:26.0	His earliest incarnation as co-founder of Facebook was also an introduction to his personal
1:31.2	brand, a slightly awkward, geeky college dropout with an idea
1:36.0	and the brains to back it up.
1:37.7	He became another Silicon Valley success story in the then fledgling industry of social media.
1:44.0	Since then, the transformation from zero to Hero
1:47.2	has been nothing short of astounding,
1:49.4	a multi-billionaire with more personal wealth
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