How “The Social Network” Explains Silicon Valley

Offline with Jon Favreau

Crooked Media

Society & Culture, News

4.7 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2024

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

When did we collectively agree that a hoodie-clad coder could wreak havoc on our society? Probably not long after “The Social Network” came out. This week we’re kicking off a new bonus series: the Offline Movie Club! The hosts will dive into one of their favorite films about the internet and technology to discuss what the movie gets right and wrong, and how it shapes our understanding of the digital era. This week Max, Jon and Halle Kiefer, host of the "Ruined" podcast, break down David Fincher and Aaron Sorkin’s 2010 biographical drama. What did it get right and wrong about Offline’s second favorite disruptor, Mark Zuckerberg? What creative liberties did the filmmakers take in retelling the story of Facebook’s founding? And has Sorkin ever given a female character a last name?

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0:00.0	I have like a lot of friends who have worked closely with him like everything here he is an
0:05.1	assu yes absolutely and he actually wasn't trying to be one he never and that was part of the
0:09.9	problem he never saw himself as an assuole he couldn't understand why people saw him as an asshole.
0:15.0	And he diluted himself into thinking he was creating a platform
0:18.0	that would be a force for good.
0:19.0	And the reason he did is because he was surrounded by yes people who constantly kiss his ass.
0:24.4	The reason that Jesse Eisenberg's character I think doesn't really match Mark Zuckerberg
0:28.6	is Mark Zuckerberg has this like, what are you talking about?
0:32.2	I thought we're doing some good stuff here. I'm Max Fisher. I'm John
0:36.7	Favreau. I'm Helen Keeper. Welcome to the first episode of the offline movie club.
0:41.7	Hell yeah.
0:42.6	Woo!
0:43.6	We did it!
0:44.5	We did it! You have part of my attention, the minimum amount.
1:05.0	The rest of my attention is back at the offices of Facebook,
1:10.0	where my colleagues and I are doing things that no one in this room,
1:12.0	including, and especially your clients are intellectually
1:14.4	or creatively capable of doing.
1:18.0	Did I adequately answer your condescending question?
1:22.0	Wow, we're seeing. I am pumped. so this is a new series we're trying out the offline movie club every
1:27.4	episode we will watch a beloved movie and then discuss how that movie reflects
1:31.8	or shapes how we think about technology and the internet.
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