You might wonder what in the world could bring the Harvard dropout and under-30 founder of Facebook together with the 77-year-old conservative Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) to talk to students and attendees at Brigham Young University earlier today. I’m still trying to figure that out myself, despite having attended the event. Overall, it was fairly interesting, the crowd seemed to enjoy it, but many were there for the “Social Network” guy, thinking he was just like the character in the movie – those people, I believe, were surprised by his cheerful demeanor. I was there to see what Zuck said about privacy, technology. Senator Hatch, who apparently acts as chair of the U.S. Senate Republican High-Tech Task Force, invited the typically shy Zuckerberg to speak to a crowd of nearly 10,000 in the university’s Marriott Event Center to talk about technology and policy. For his first time speaking to such a large crowd, and first time ever speaking at a college or university event, he admitted he was a little nervous, but settled in quickly and seemed pretty comfortable for most of the interview, not withstanding a few awkward moments. Senator & Social Network Founder Talk Shop? When this event was announced two weeks ago, BYU requested questions to be submitted via their official Facebook page (of course!), resulting in about 450 possible questions. Senator Hatch probably asked Zuckerberg less than 10 questions in the 45 minute discussion, but by the second question, Mark turned the tables on him —…
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