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<\/p>After the last book<\/a> I read, I knew I needed something which would restore my reading motivation. I needed something fast, but substantive. I needed something which would make my brain work, but not too much. I needed some Ben Mezrich<\/a>.\n

$\"\"$ <\/a>Luckily, I had his examination of Facebook \u201c The Accidental Billionaires<\/a>\u201d sitting on my stack. Since I enjoyed \u201cBringing Down the House\u201d so much and knew some of the story behind this book (we haven\u2019t seen \u201cThe Social Network\u201d yet), I had full confidence I would find myself back on the reading train in a few days.<\/p>\n

In reality, I needed just a little more than 36 hours. I breezed through the pages in almost record time, mesmerized by the hings I didn\u2019t know and encouraged by the expansion on things I did know. Even if Mezrich does take liberties with the timeline and such, it\u2019s hard not to admire his writing talent.<\/p>\n

I do have to quibble with his title, however. As we learn what we can about Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin and the Winklebot<\/del> Winklevoss twins, it\u2019s pretty clear that making gobs of money is no accident for these guys. In fact, that\u2019s all they want and all they expect. The actual path may have come by accident, but the end result is exactly what they think they deserve.<\/p>\n

The one thing that shocked me as I finished the book was how sympathetic I found Zuckerberg. I am addicted to Facebook so maybe that\u2019s part of the reason. Sure, he and his company take liberties with privacy, and that\u2019s a real concern now, but I felt like he might get unfairly targeted as the bad guy in the early days of the company.<\/p>\n

If the basic premise of Mezrich\u2019s story is true, Zuckerberg merely did what everyone was trying to do better than the rest. Saverin should have not treated Facebook as a side project, and the Winklevoss\u2019 should have not been so arrogant that they thought they could take advantage of Zuckerberg.<\/p>\n

Besides the fact that they look like they belong hanging out with James Spader in a bad 1980s movie, the twins show a callousness which makes it impossible for me to take their claims seriously. If they are so hung up on honor and duty, why were they trying to take advantage of Zuckerberg for his skills when they first contacted him?<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not saying that stealing is a good thing, but I just think there wasn\u2019t stealing so much as a community of people with a similar idea, and Mark Zuckerberg came out with the best one. His competitor got mad he beat them and his investor got mad that he didn\u2019t get to fully run the show. Sorry, but sometimes business is ugly.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m sure there is way more to the story, but that\u2019s where I fall after reading the book. And when they all walk away with piles of money, I kind of have a hard time feeling bad for the guys who want a fourth pile of money to show off to their friends and random chicks at clubs.<\/p>\n

Now let me go post this on my Facebook wall \u2026 \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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