TightWind is written by Kyle Baxter. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

Lawrence Lessig comments on The Social Network:

No doubt his handlers are panicked that the film will tarnish the brand. He should listen less to these handlers. As I looked around at the packed theater of teens and twenty-somethings, there was no doubt who was in the right, however geeky and clumsy and sad. That generation will judge this new world.

That’s exactly right. I saw The Social Network on Friday and I expected it to portray Mark Zuckerberg as an idea-stealing, privilege-seeking jerk.

That’s not the impression I got. While the film clearly made things up (especially in setting up a break up with another girl and desire to get into exclusive social clubs as the underlying motivation for creating Facebook), what I saw on screen wasn’t someone who blatantly stole an idea from others and profited from it, but rather someone who had a much better idea, and stronger insight for why the idea should exist, who feverishly worked and worked on it until it was a success. I not only cheered Jesse Eisenberg’s Mark Zuckerberg, but also left the theatre with a strong motivation to see a few ideas I’ve had bouncing around in my head to fruition.

I don’t like where Facebook is going, but I very much respect Zuckerberg.