The Social Network focuses on how Mark Zuckerberg, the
creator of
Facebook, is a creep who stole the idea of Facebook and cheated his only friend
from his part in the company. It’s an extremely boring and unnerving movie
because websites, like many creations of serious people, are the mirror of
their creator. I don’t care the least about Zuckerberg, but I do care what his
creation makes of its users, and that’s his mirror - friendless geeky people.
Yes, Facebook causes its 500 million users to be friendless geeky people who
might seem popular. They are not friendless because it is virtual, the whole
world might move to be virtual, they are friendless because there is nothing of
the relation of
Friendship in people’s interaction there. (e.g.
post ). (Perhaps only of stalking.)
What’s very encouraging about the film is that people currently
get that and are turning away from Facebook. (e.g.
post ). They might still have
a Facebook page, they might even still use it, but Facebook currently is the
opposite of cool, it is a place where people understand that they are being
shallow and stupid, even while still using it, and little by little are more
ashamed to say that they are there and more proud to say that they left – that they
are deeper than that. (The audience with me was almost exclusively under 18).
I love the THINQon experience, the feeling of the search
for sense and even the very strong experience of
Friendship that occurs when
experiencing a meaningful exchange with someone. Watching the movie the contrast
with Facebook is so extremely stark. Especially given the feeling of self-hatred
and pity that seems to currently characterize Facebook.
Films Discussed
Emily Andrews sent kudos.
