Mark Zuckerberg: The Antithesis of all that is social

To add to the awesomeness of this class, our class took a field trip to watch the movie that epitomizes our social interactions for the past half decade: The Social Network.

In a nutshell, the movie was more focused on the trials and tribulations of Harvard-genius and Facebook-founder, Mark Zuckerberg. The plot-line was filled with stories of betrayal and lawsuits between Zuckerberg and his best friend, Eduardo, as well as the Winklevoss twins who claimed that he had stole their idea. 

The best part of the movie was that every person walked out with a different view. I personally did not find Mark Zuckerberg at fault. I do believe that he lacked major social skills and loyalty to friends, but I don' t believe that he stole the idea. Mark Zuckerberg did exactly what he said he did: took an idea, and made it better. 

Ironically enough, the most socially awkward individual has epitomized social interaction. He was able to take real life social interactions and virtualize it on the internet, giving people the ability to meet, greet, and socialize with one another via this new media platform. Taking the idea of a "online friends" and the Winklevii's college dating site, Zuckerberg took college social interactions to a whole new level, and made it easier for socially awkward individuals like himself to interact. Hiding behind his computer screen, he began with his blog as a form of expression, followed by "Facemash.com" that was inspired by a break up and a few beers. His website gave men the opportunity to judge women virtually in ways that would deem completely inappropriate and sexist in real life. Then finally, he created "The Facebook", the simplest yet most revolutionary concept of our social lives...but on the internet. 

While I understand that the movie may not be completely accurate of real life events, seeing Mark Zuckerberg in interviews and in the media has confirmed his social awkwardness. The most fascinating bit of it all is that after the hours of coding, the friendships lost, the enemies made, and the millions...sorry, billions of dollars earned - it was all done simply for the social acceptance of a woman.  

Friend Requested: Waiting for Acceptance.