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At theNew Republic, Lawrence Lessig noted how little screenwriter Aaron Sorkin knew or cared about the internet.
Nathan Heller atSlateargued that the films version of Harvards social strata was similarly out of touch.
Its skepticism with regard to the latest tech revolutions now looks more like insight than get-off-my-lawn grouchiness.
Its resentment, not a stroke of innovation, that inspires Facebook in the movie.
Its moving faster than any of us ever even imagined.
The scale is what matters more than relationships, results, or any responsibility.
The real Cameron Winklevosstweetedlast month that Fact checking is a euphemism for editorializing which is a form of censorship.
To seeThe Social Networkas a film with heroes and villains is to miss the point.
Because thats the thing about changing the world it is, in itself, a neutral proposition.
What matters is the jot down of change youre trying to bring.
