I find Zuckerberg to be interesting, only because he started out so young (similiar in age to myself) and seems to be navigating a very political world and crafting a public image accordingly, so his choices to me are curious as he attempts to "brand himself" in today's climate. To me he seems to be setting himself to be a politician (or influential figure of some type).
My thoughts exactly. This latest screams "I plan to run for office."
It could be well-crafted, or it could just be part of Zuckerberg growing up. A lot of big changes happen between one's 20s and 30s, and having children, in particular, tends to change one's outlook dramatically.
Literally everyone starts out young.
Ordinarily such things shouldn't concern us. One's religion, privately practiced, is a private matter. Mark Zuckerberg is a special case because he is intentionally driving us towards a "post-privacy" world. So when he's cagey about some aspect of his private life, we should be merciless. He does not get to be The Man Who Kept Privacy For Himself.
I'm not being obtuse but I'm not sure how he's driving us towards a "post-privacy" world. If he was doing that wouldn't the default Facebook privacy settings be 'Public' and WhatsApp messages not be encrypted?
tl;dr He defends the constant slackening of privacy control defaults by purporting to believe that it's the natural social evolution and therefore Facebook's manifest destiny.
He can try to drive that, he can attempt to lie about himself to seem human but he can't force anyone to use facebook for any extra minute that they don't want to. A trust / consent relationship only works if you have an account and use it. Otherwise he's got nothing and he knows it. Facebook can be another myspace. We've got linkedin, meetup, telephones, texting, insta-whatever and as soon as user engagement dips, advertisers make adjustments, shareholders start asking questions, finding out why and making demands for changes.
I guess, that's fine for Facebook, but here on HN we get to decide what's appropriate. A story about someone's personal belief in God changing from one thing to another doesn't belong here IMHO.