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- URL: https://www.gabestein.com/tnvr2rdm/
- Published: 2021-12-04T19:52:35.000Z
- Updated: 2025-06-24T22:46:36.000Z
- Description: What would the world be like if Zuck had paid attention to his Facebook comments and read David Graeber?
- Author: Gabriel Stein
- Tags: Links & Sundry, algorithms, Blog, #Import 2025-06-24 22:46

I’ve been absent for a bit because I spent November doing NaNoWrimo. It turns out 1600+ words per day, even terrible ones, is…a lot. More on that later. For now, here’s something I drafted the day of the Facebook name-change but didn’t have time to finish until now.

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I’m sure you could do this with any book, but here’s a fun one. Back in 2015, Mark Zuckerberg (in)famously went on a 50-state listening tour and announced he would be reading 26 books that year (one every two weeks, I guess?). Naturally, people took to his platform to recommend countless books which he, like the rest of us, no doubt ignored.

But oh, imagine if he had taken this particular commenters’ [advice](https://www.facebook.com/ayearofbooks/posts/818824891496775?comment%5Fid=818845344828063&%5F%5Fcft%5F%5F[0]=AZU4TaMgPOexRhuG-nQ7vm69jr2joTCEtquuTeMr1bdz5C0lR85v8I8EXV0KkfVFqx3Xy9AfW6d-IwLRVTBl%5FMnW%5FIQoDAMe-6TJtr0dm7rHwfa7vigBtMaXVizuOZUuZW9VWulFtAORPVK7NYZeMrEr&%5F%5Ftn%5F%5F=R]-R):

![A Facebook comment that reads: "Mark, one book I recommend is 'Debt: The First 5,000 Years" by David Graeber. It has really impacted me in how I see the economy, debt, as well as history. I'd say it's a must-read if you are in any way interested in history or anthropology."](https://resize-v3.pubpub.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJhc3NldHMucHVicHViLm9yZyIsImtleSI6ImxrZHYxYnUzLzMxNjM4NjQ3MzUzNzQ0LmpwZWciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsid2lkdGgiOjgwMCwiZml0IjoiaW5zaWRlIiwid2l0aG91dEVubGFyZ2VtZW50Ijp0cnVlfX19)

What would his company, and the world, look like if he had decided on a truly bold, critical direction for Facebook rather than the [insipid, dystopian vision](https://www.wired.co.uk/article/metaverse-facebook?ref=gabestein.com) that is the Metaverse? Never read the comments, indeed.