Turn On, Plug In, Drop Out: How Social Media Saved the World | Ben Mezrich | TEDxHartlandHill

Ben Mezrich says he grew up in a mall... and then proceeded to "live in one" at the Prudential Center in Boston as an adult. So what happens when the man who wrote the book on social media (made into the movie "The Social Network") moves his family to Vermont during the pandemic? We call it Growth. Ben Mezrich is considered “the reigning cowboy of narrative non-fiction” and has authored twenty-four books including major international and New York Times bestsellers, with well over ten million copies sold. His book The Accidental billionaires: The Founding of Facebook, a Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal as adapted into the hit movie The Social Network, which was nominated for eight Oscars, winning three, as well as the Scripters Award for Best Adapted Screenplay which Mezrich shared with director Aaron Sorkin. “ This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

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