I saw The Social Network with a friend who was into startups. After the movie ended, he turned to me and said (without sarcasm) "wow, that really makes you want to create a startup, huh?"

I replied "did.. you see what happened in the movie?" It was like we had watched entirely separate things.

@mattcasey the world would be a very different place if VCs took appropriate lessons from history, art, and Black Mirror episodes.
@mattcasey “I really thought Lord of the Rings would inspire a generation of kids to wants it, precious, gollum gollum, but it really missed the mark. Let’s get that movie made!”