Nevertheless, Jews still think that they can only be regarded as outsiders in American society. They are by no means the darling, but are closer to the Chinese. The main difference is that the skin is slightly whiter. Every time when Jewish friends compare the Chinese with them, I feel that they are not talking about history or the current situation, but about the future for us. Their target is not Chinese, African, Latino, but WASP (White Anglo-Saxon Protestants), the Anglo-Saxon white Protestants. Among the 44 presidents in the history of the United States, except for the white Catholic Kennedy and the black Protestant Obama, the others are all WASPs. Since World War II, American society has made great strides toward diversification. As a concept, racial equality has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the influence of WASP has actually been shrinking, but it still exists in some corners, such as the Ivy League schools. Those "outsiders" who have a chance to be among the Harvard Yale are naturally angry about this, such as the founder of FaceBook Mark Zuckerberg (Mark Zuckerberg)-another "Berg", he is the movie "The Social Network" (The Social Network" (The Social Network) The protagonist of Social Network.
The movie begins with a scene where Mark is dating and chatting with a girl Erica in a campus bar. He is 19 years old and has just entered Harvard not long ago. Facing the pretty girl, even if there is beer refreshing, Mark still doesn't talk about love at all. His topic began with how many days he was produced in China, and after a series of drifts, he quickly settled on the student organizations on the Harvard campus that were mainly based on their background, such as the Final Club. There are so many girls who are attracted to these clubs. Which girl will not be attracted by slogans such as "date the next chairman of the Federal Reserve Board"? Other things to be proud of include joining a rowing club or inventing a $25 computer. Such a Harvard boy is considered to be outstanding, and Mark is still only envious. Erica indicated that she liked rowers, Mark immediately interrupted and said, "I can't do it." He looks obviously smart, but he has nothing to do with being tall and handsome.
The tall and handsome are twin brothers Winklevoss, without a doubt WASP. Unlike China's rich second-generation, official second-generation eating, drinking, prostitution, and drinking, the second, third, and fourth-generation Americans like Winklerworth are nothing like prodigal sons. First of all, since the brothers can go to Harvard to study, most people shouldn't think that they have low intelligence. They are strong and physically strong. They insist on going to the Charles River to practice rowing every cold winter morning. In the afternoon they go to the gym and continue to sweat and build muscles. The brothers finally participated in the Beijing Olympics on behalf of the US team. The two are gentle, courteous, frugal, and conciliatory. The spirit of fair competition seems to have penetrated into their genes, and then they naturally show through their words and deeds. The two brothers may be a special case. Most Americans are not easy to see in their daily lives. Everyone feels at ease without seeing or worrying. However, Mark wants to get along with them day and night without looking up and seeing them. Born in a middle-class Jewish family, if he hopes to break Harvard’s established social stratification, he will only have genius wisdom. Mark Zuckerberg happened to be a genius.
The Winklevoss brothers have developed the concept of building a campus social network in their minds, but they lack the technical means to put the ideas into practice. At this time, Mark became famous because of his violation of discipline. The girl evaluation system he designed caused a sharp increase in computer network traffic on the Harvard campus, almost paralyzed. According to the plot design of the movie, Mark's clumsy performance aroused Erica's disgust, and she decided to break up. Like the other boys who lost love, after returning to the dormitory, Mark began to use vodka to soothe his sorrows, and then he complained bitterly about the acidity of grapes. He wrote in his blog that Erica looks like 34D, but with the help of "Victoria Secret", 34B is actually enough. Even if the size is reduced, the place still appears empty. Unlike other boys who have lost love, Mark is a computer genius after all. With the help of his classmate Eduardo (also a Jew), he designed a set of computer algorithms to comprehensively evaluate the sexiness of girls on campus, and set up a website to make the calculation results public. All in the crowd.
We have no way of knowing which indicators Mark used, and what kind of complicated summarization before giving seats to girls all over the world. We only know that this is the naughty starting point of FaceBook full of libido. FaceBook has triggered a revolution in the way of socializing on a global scale. Regardless of social class, gender and age, everyone can make friends freely and equally. Grassroots American Tea Party members can be organized by the social network represented by FaceBook. Individual power may be insignificant, but when they speak collectively, they can impact the current pattern of American politics and at least have a major impact on the results of the midterm elections. . It is precisely because of the inherent explosive power of FaceBook that it has lost the possibility of free development in China. If FaceBook is regarded as a milestone in the history of the Internet, then the two Jewish boys, Mark and Eduardo, are the people who lay the foundation, and their initial impulse was just to be cool in front of girls and to compare with the children of WASP.
Mark had abandoned the Winklevos brothers before FaceBook took off, which eventually led to a lawsuit, and the brothers received 65 million US dollars as compensation. During the development of FaceBook, Mark's friends were forced to leave one by one, including his closest partner Eduardo. According to the intentions of the film creators, all of this is due to Mark's deliberation. Everyone sued Mark one after another. The film used the confrontation testimony between the plaintiff and the defendant as a clue to connect the Harvard campus and Silicon Valley. From three different perspectives, including Mark, Eduardo, and Winklevoss, the film presents FaceBook lightly and smoothly. The birth and growth process. The film’s portrayal of the founder Mark is particularly successful. On the one hand, he is a computer genius and young billionaire. On the other hand, he never bothers to hide his contempt for those with low intelligence, and he is used to watching it in the most simplified way. World: Either you have meaning to me, or you have no meaning to me. He created a virtual dating platform for 500 million people around the world, but he has almost no friends in real life. At the end of the movie, Mark added Erica to his FaceBook as a friend, and then repeatedly refreshed the web page with an impatient attitude to see if he was accepted by her.
Part of the material for this movie is taken from several lawsuits that FaceBook has experienced in recent years, but the main plots are all fictitious, so "Social Network" is not a biopic of Mark Zuckerberg. The creator uses FaceBook as a shell to compile an exquisite story of friendship and betrayal. Taking into account the possible negative impact on FaceBook's image, on the same day the film was released in the United States, Mark in real life donated $100 million to the public school system in Newark, New Jersey. The residents of this city are mainly African Americans. . "Newark" has a positive meaning only when it is connected to the international airport of the same name. Other times, it is only related to high crime rates, high poverty rates, and low-quality primary and secondary schools.
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