Mark Zuckerberg's obsession with Roman emperor Augustus offers insight into how he runs Facebook
The Facebook CEO's idealization of the ancient Roman emperor, who he says made difficult choices to achieve the greater good, may explain some of his decisions.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/10/facebook-ceo-mark-zuckerbergs-love-for-augustus-may-give-insight.html
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Seventeen years after Sept. 11, Al Qaeda may be stronger than ever
In the days after Sept. 11, 2001, the United States set out to destroy Al Qaeda. President George W. Bush vowed to “starve terrorists of funding, turn them one against another, drive them from place to place, until there is no refuge or no rest.”
Seventeen years later, Al Qaeda may be stronger than ever. Far from vanquishing the extremist group and its associated “franchises,” critics say, ~~U.S.~~ Obama's policies in the Mideast appear to have encouraged its spread.
http://www.latimes.com/world/middleeast/la-fg-al-qaeda-survive-20180910-story.html
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Steve Bannon on the 'coup' in Washington against Trump