The Social Network

[koan]

Is it wrong to love this part?

Gage: Mr. Zuckerberg, do I have your full attention?

Mark Zuckerberg: [stares out the window] No.

Gage: Do you think I deserve it?

Mark Zuckerberg: [looks at the lawyer] What?

Gage: Do you think I deserve your full attention?

Mark Zuckerberg: I had to swear an oath before we began this deposition, and I don't want to perjure myself, so I have a legal obligation to say no.

Gage: Okay - no. You don't think I deserve your attention.



Mark Zuckerberg: I think if your clients want to sit on my shoulders and call themselves tall, they have the right to give it a try - but there's no requirement that I enjoy sitting here listening to people lie. You have part of my attention - you have the minimum amount. The rest of my attention is back at the offices of Facebook, where my colleagues and I are doing things that no one in this room, including and especially your clients, are intellectually or creatively capable of doing.

[pauses]

Did I adequately answer your condescending question?

[CARLA]

Looks like I will put this movie on my need to see list.

[Ahso!]

I thought it sucked, couldn't even finish watching.

[koan]

It's on Ebert's 4* list. Whether or not you care for Ebert's opinions, it puts it on my good enough to watch list.

[koan]

I'm still subtly thinking about this. I'm working over in my mind how this is likely to play exactly the same way if you were to put random people in the same positions. Once in a while, someone would have played good puppy and made a billion dollars for someone else but... overall, nope. I think Zuckerberg did what most people capable of doing what he did would do.... imo, should do.

except for his co-founding buddy who rightfully got reinstated and shouldn't have had to sue for it.

[martha]

Sure won a lot of awards last night. Think I should watch it to find out what's so special.