A journey to the heart of history’s largest nonterritorial empire
Listen on Listen on: There they are. The Zuckerbergs. Both in black slacks and plain shoes. Both in zanily patterned shirts that look made to wick sweat. No heavy watches, no bright jewelry. They look you in the eye and don’t break contact, not even to sample the spa water or crudités provided by the Company on the glass table between us. He is a ham; she is shy. They speak, to my surprise, in
Listen on Listen on: There they are. The Zuckerbergs. Both in black slacks and plain shoes. Both in zanily patterned shirts that look made to wick sweat. No heavy watches, no bright jewelry. They look you in the eye and don’t break contact, not even to sample the spa water or crudités provided by the Company on the glass table between us. He is a ham; she is shy. They speak, to my surprise, in unreconstructed New York accents. I don’t know what I expected them to be like, but for whatever reason this wasn’t it. “Awl my children are amazing to me,” says Karen, when asked what it’s like.…
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