It is clear in which direction the influence was being exerted when the Meta boss went to have dinner with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago. He goes where the wind blows.
Mark Zuckerberg was once forced to confirm he was “not a lizard” during a live online Q&A session. It marked neither the first nor the last time people had suggested that the pallid Facebook founder with a slightly robotic manner was some kind of alien. You’ve got to love the internet.
These days, though, the Meta chief is sporting a whole new aesthetic: less lizard-man, more standard-issue billionaire tech bro. Gone are the modest grey T-shirts, fitted tightly over a slender frame; in their place, oversized Ts worn over a bulked-up body, topped off with a gold chain and $US900,000 ($1.4 million) watch.
