"Aaron Sorkin was completely unable to understand the actual psychology of Mark or of Facebook. He can't conceive of a world where social status or getting laid or, for that matter, doing drugs, is not the most important thing"
- Marc Andreessen
About this Quote
This quote by Marc Andreessen is a review of Aaron Sorkin's portrayal of Mark Zuckerberg in the film The Social Network. Andreessen is suggesting that Sorkin was not able to precisely catch the psychology of Mark or of Facebook. He implies that Sorkin's version of Mark was too focused on the shallow elements of life such as social status, getting laid, and doing drugs. Andreessen suggests that Sorkin was not able to understand the deeper motivations and intricacies of Mark and Facebook, and instead concentrated on the more shallow elements of life. This quote implies that Sorkin's version of Mark was too one-dimensional and did not properly capture the genuine Mark Zuckerberg or the genuine Facebook.
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