Mark Zuckerberg's Resolution Is To Talk About Tech's Place In Society

In the past, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg challenged himself to create an AI assistant for his home and committed to learning Mandarin. This year he's planning to hold a number of public discussions about how technology plays a role in the future of society. Engadget reports: 'I'm an engineer, and I used to just build out my ideas and hope they'd mostly speak for themselves,' he wrote in a Facebook post. 'But given the importance of what we do, that doesn't cut it anymore. So I'm going to put myself out there more than I've been comfortable with and engage more in some of these debates about the future, the tradeoffs we face, and where we want to go.' Zuckerberg plans to hold talks with 'leaders, experts, and people in our community from different fields' every few weeks. He'll make the discussions available on his Facebook and Instagram feeds or elsewhere. Engadget suggests Zuckerberg 'might be best served to directly focus on restoring trust with Facebook's two billion users and fixing the vast array of problems with which his platform is struggling, including privacy screwups and a tanking stock.'

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