A review by debs4jc
Фейсбук - милиардери по неволя by Ben Mezrich

3.0

Facebook has made a tremendous impact on the world, and this book attempts to tell the story of how it came to be. I must admit, I understand Facebook a bit better after knowing a bit about it's history (including where the infamous "poke" button came from). I'm not sure about the veracity of all this, as the memories of those involved back in the wild, hazy days of college probably vary wildly. Still the approach seemed pretty balanced between the various people involved and fairly well researched, as much as it could be since I'm sure some of the principle players (like Zuckerberg) will not talk much about it. It's very readable, as the reader follows the various young men who were involved the events that lead to the Facebook explosion are set in a context that makes one wonder about how much of it was talent and hard work and how much of it was the luck of being in the right place at the right time--with an idea that many other people were starting to have at the same time but these blokes just seemed to have executed it in the best and most well timed way. An intriguing read for those involved in the digital age and interested in recent history.