Mark Zuckerberg Gets his Harvard Degree After 13 Years

The 33 year-old Facebook founder returned to campus to give the commencement speech that was beyond precious on May 25.

"I'm not here to give you the standard commencement about finding your goal", the speech said "We're millennials".

Mark Zuckerberg returned Thursday to Harvard, where he launched Facebook and then dropped out, telling graduates it's up to them to bring objective to the world, fight inequality and strengthen the global community. The social media entrepreneur, who dropped out of Harvard after Facebook took off in 2004, received an honorary degree for speaking at the commencement.

"I had my little laptop here". "This has been a place where a lot of really special things happened in my life and I'm really grateful to this place", he said during Tuesday's stream. "We should explore ideas like universal basic income to make sure everyone has a cushion to try new ideas", he said.

We're going to change jobs many times, so we need affordable childcare to get to work and healthcare that aren't tied to one company.

"They taught me what it's like being targeted for your race and growing up with a family member in prison", said Zuckerbeg.

"The objective is that feeling when you feel like you are part of something more important than yourself". Back in March, Zuckerberg appeared in a brief skit on Harvard's YouTube channel in which he asked Bill Gates-co-founder of Microsoft, Harvard alumnus (though he also didn't graduate) and the university's commencement speaker 10 years ago in 2007-for some advice.

To Zuckerberg, though, not all technology is menacing, especially not the world's largest social network. Talking about his own memory, Zuckerberg said that he was sitting on a couch and playing a video game when he got the letter. "This is the struggle of our times: The forces of freedom, openness and global community against the forces of authoritarianism, isolationism and nationalism".

Near the end of his speech, Zuckerberg's eyes teared up and his voice broke as he spoke of the student, who feared he would be deported. I bet them I'd get a degree. His parents were also sitting in the rain, and Zuckerberg said getting in to Harvard was still the most proud his mom had ever been of him.

Zuckerberg reminded everyone present there were still many challenges with globalization, including the fact that many people were left behind.