Books bill gates and mark zuckerberg think everyone should read. Lead 23 books mark zuckerberg thinks you should read a round up of the facebook founders book club picks to populate your shelves or ereader. In an official statement, mark zuckerberg writes about why the steven pinker book was selected as the second pick of the a year of books club. Mark zuckerberg book club aka a year of books was an online book club hosted by mark. Mark zuckerberg book club aka a year of books was an online book club hosted by mark zuckerberg through his personal facebook account started in january 2015. On wednesday, the facebook founder announced that his latest pick is on immunity. After a scifi dry spell of more than a decade, gates picked up.
Last year, mark zuckerberg set a goal to read one book every two weeks, and he started a year of books page. Two years after vowing to meet a new person a day, and a year after resolving to pen a thankyou note every day, facebook ceo mark zuckerberg is now committing to reading a book. Mark zuckerberg reads a new book every two weeks so he says and he wants facebooks users to join him. Mark zuckerbergs book club fights us fear of vaccination. In his 2017 list of book recommendations, gates included the 2015 pulitzerprizewinning book the sympathizer. But there is a difference between the way in which those recommendations are. Each time zuck makes a pick well send you an email with the details of that book. The book, written by essayist eula biss, examines the worldwide fear of. You can also check your local library for recommendations or join a business book club. Mark zuckerberg has chosen steven pinkers argument that humanity has become less violent over the millennia as the second title for his new book club the facebook founders initiative. Zuckerberg says that he picked up this book because it posits the inverse. Mark zuckerberg has made his next book club pick, a release he considers especially timely after the recent terrorist attacks in paris. Does mark zuckerbergs summer reading betray his desire for world. Zuckerberg came up with the idea as part of his new years resolution for 2015 after cynthia greco, the audience.
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Mark zuckerberg my next book for a year of books is on. A roundup of the facebook founders book club picks to populate your shelves or ereader. Friday, facebook ceo mark zuckerberg announced the start of his first book club, including his first pick, the end of power, by moises naim. Zuckerberg launched his book club with this lofty title. Facebook ceo mark zuckerberg is this generations version of oprah. Reading books will ensure that you have a broader perspective and the wisdom one gathers from such books, is beyond exemplary. Mark zuckerberg s book club could be much bigger than it looks. Zuckerberg announced the start of his book club in a facebook post on friday evening, explaining that as his new years resolution, he would read a book every other week. Mark zuckerberg starts a book club, becomes this generations. In that year, zuckerberg ended up recommending and discussing 23 books with the group about one every two weeks.
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