Mark Zuckerberg Answers Q&A in Mandarin at Chinese University

Re:Mark Zuckerberg Answers Q&A in Mandarin at Chinese Univer... by darklajid on Wednesday October 22, 2014 @06:48PM (#8495665)

Uhm. Hate me for being the downer, but.. isn't he most likely heavily invested due to his wife? And do you think it is harder to learn a foreign language as Joe Random Guy or might it be easier if you try to learn the language of your significant other?

Is it harder to learn a foreign language if you manage a huge business and are insanely rich or is it harder if you work to make do, have kids and not a lot of free time?

Is it a business strategy, a gimmick that the company paid for? A real personal investment?

Everyone learning a completely foreign language impresses me. Zuckerberg just scores really, really low on my utterly personal "Am I impressed" scale.

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Re:Mark Zuckerberg Answers Q&A in Mandarin at Chinese Univer... by arasmussen on Wednesday October 22, 2014 @07:14PM (#8495773)

I think you underestimate how much time and effort it takes to run a large company. No matter who you are, learning a language takes years of effort and dedication. I probably have 100 times as much free time as he does and would love to learn to speak Chinese, yet I haven't pushed myself to fulfill this achievement. The fact that he has such little free time but still chooses to use it productively is inspiring to me.

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