The geeks shall inherit the earth, and The Social Network illustrates this idea throughout its narrative. Regardless of your feelings of how well the story portrays the truth of the culmination of Facebook, there’s no denying that The Social Network is a masterfully made movie that tells a clever story that is wholly relevant to our generation. It’s less about Facebook and more about the people whose ideas were pooled into the creation of Facebook. Even then, it’s not so much about accurately portraying these people as it is about raising questions about life in a post-Facebook world and forcing us to face the reality: that we as a culture now rely heavily upon the convenience of keypads and text messages to maintain social connections – that we try to make friends through the internet rather than in person.

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