The Facebook CEO and cofounder said Tuesday that his New Year's resolution is to visit and meet with people from every state in the US by the end of 2017.

 

脸书网首席执行官兼联合创始人扎克伯格3日表示，他的新年愿望是在2017年年底前到访美国各州，与各州民众见面。

 

"I've spent significant time in many states already, so I'll need to travel to about 30 states this year to complete this challenge," Zuckerberg wrote in a Facebook post.

 

Zuckerberg is famous for his ambitious -- some might say eccentric - New Year's challenges, including learning Mandarin¹, meeting a new person every day and only eating meat that he kills himself.

 

In 2016, he tackled two challenges: running 365 miles in a year and designing a personal AI assistant to help automate² tasks in his home.

 

This year's challenge was informed by what Zuckerberg describes as a "turning point in history" caused by the combination of "technology and globalization."

 

While Zuckerberg does not refer to the 2016 election explicitly³, he alludes⁴ to a "greater sense of division" in the country and a need to make sure "the game... works for everyone."

 

"After a tumultuous last year, my hope for this challenge is to get out and talk to more people about how they're living, working and thinking about the future," Zuckerberg says.

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