The Worst Book About Silicon Valley I’ve Ever Reviewed

My first reaction to The Accidental Billionaires was: “This book is utterly without redeeming social value.” That may have been too harsh. I recently went back to Ben Mezrich’s bizarre Facebook origin story, which I’d reviewed in 2009, while doing research for a forthcoming @Medium roundup of books about Silicon Valley. In hindsight I realized that the book may have a social value apart from any merits of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network#:~:text=It%20won%20three%20for%20Best,Mixing%2C%20and%20Best%20Adapted%20Screenplay." rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">much-honored movie</a> it inspired, “The Social Network”: The Accidental Billionaires could cheer you up on a day when you think, “Nobody could write worse than I do.” <a href="https://medium.com/lit-life/the-worst-book-about-silicon-valley-ive-ever-reviewed-72d4ccf0dbc7">Read More</a>