“I blame Facebook for January 6.” Aaron Sorkin is writing a sequel to The Social Network. “There’s supposed to be a constant tension at Facebook between growth and integrity. There isn’t. It’s just growth.”
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I blame Donald Trump for January 6th.
Nah, Sorkin has *a* point, not just a new or even important one and one that has already been known for years.
The writing was already on the wall when Social Network was written. So having an epiphany now is, well, TBH, earns Sorkin a heartfelt STFU.
Which is to say, maybe a fictional approach that could have avoided all the de facto hagiography was an alternative. Actually, still in but we don't live in times when any such thing could be made so 🤷🏼.
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