What Mark Zuckerberg learned from Caesar Augustus

[charliekowittmusic]

People in the back can’t decide on a walking speed.

[telluwide]

"What Mark Zuckerberg learned from Caesar Augustus". His haircut.... But at least he's growing it out a little now to make himself look more human...

[conformist]

marks black tshirt is actually rly good.

[degenelatepeppeloni]

MMA instilled a lot of good thing in Mark

[broski]

No way you got this interview damn that’s awesome glad I found you

[Macorelppa]

Dwarkesh is the father of Lex Fried Man.

[pineapplesandthegovernment]

Am I imagining things or does Zuck's voice sound slightly deeper now?

Either way, he definitely seems happier and more confident.

[joeybasile]

Green screen or editing to cause disjunctions in motion of objects in the background?

[OrganicBass_]

The people in the background are glitching (0:20)

[EcomCarl]

Sam insights on the value of consuming diverse literature and understanding historical context are spot on! 📚 It's clear that embracing open-source principles and recognizing the potential of young leaders can drive innovation and growth in any industry.

[barkibarki]

A younger zurk from 7 years ago looks like a roman bust of augustus

[noframe]

Mark looks like he's from a fantasy land that doesn't exist. he is a genius.

[dfprivateyoutube]

One of the most profound parts of the interview tbh, he really is talking about a novel perspective of things

[jacobmorres]

Mark Made llama open source not because for the future of ai but so that openai doesn't develop a monopoly

[miloshp]

He learned to associate himself with cool historical figures.

[well_said]

It is game theoretic. Many times repeated games can lead to co-operative strategies in an equilibrium. But in a one-shot scenario of same game the equilibrium becomes competitive.

[Teamshmo]

It really is interesting how people years and years ago could lead empires at 19 and now we tell them they can't have a sip of alcohol until 21 lol

[LironBerisha]

He is getting good at BS. He open sourced so he can compete in a specific section of the AI enterprise. He is years behind OpenAI and he has no vision for AI but needs to satisfy his investors.

[nindalf]

It's cool that Zuck got inspiration from that interpretation of Caesar Augustus' life, but I don't think that's correct. 

For most part, Augustus continued wars of expansion through most of his reign starting 30 BC till 9AD. He only changed his mind after a major disaster in 9AD when 3 legions were destroyed in Germania. He decided to go on the defensive after that.

So he tells his successors "don't seek to expand the Empire", but his successors didn't follow it. They couldn't. The Roman system of power was too closely tied with military triumphs, so all Emperors felt compelled to cement their authority with military victories. Take an emperor like Claudius (41-54AD) who didn't know which end of the sword to hold decided he needed to celebrate a Triumph in Rome. He needed a win desperately so he sent his legions to Britain. Britain cost more to govern than it raised in taxes, but he went ahead and had his generals conquer it. Then he celebrated like he did it himself.

What I'm saying is, the Augustan template of rule discouraged expansion, but in practice Emperors had no choice to constantly fight and expand the Empire. All of Augustus' successors fought wars. It only seemed peaceful if you were on the right end of the Roman sword. As a tribal leader rebelling against Rome is supposed to have said "they create desolation and call it peace". That was Roman peace.

So no, Zuck isn't correct when he imagines that Augustus forged an era of peace.

Sources

- Beard, M. (2015). SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome. Liveright Publishing Corporation.
- Goldsworthy, A. (2014). Augustus: First Emperor of Rome. Yale University Press.

[jacekpliszka]

Augustus inherited power when he was 19, but it actually took him couple years before he started to move on his own couple years later - annulling marriage with Fulvia and marrying Scribonia...