The original idea behind Facebook might actually be something like this idea by Bentham - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panopticon only better monetized...
Move over Zuck, Abraham Lincoln filed a patent for Facebook in 1845
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Re: Move over Zuck, Abraham Lincoln filed a patent for Facebook in 1845
#42Re: Move over Zuck, Abraham Lincoln filed a patent for Facebook in 1845
#43I contacted the curator at the Lincoln Museum by email. His reponse:
This is entirely a hoax. Clever, too. We have an official stastement to that effect due within the hour. -James
James M. Cornelius, Ph.D. Curator, Lincoln Collection Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum 112 N. Sixth St. Springfield, IL 62701-1310 217.785.7954 http://www.alplm.org
Re: Move over Zuck, Abraham Lincoln filed a patent for Facebook in 1845
#44Are you people nuts? This is more fake than a /b/ green text spaghetti story.
Re: Move over Zuck, Abraham Lincoln filed a patent for Facebook in 1845
#45I contacted the curator at the Lincoln Museum by email. His reponse: This is entirely a hoax. Clever, too. We have an official stastement to that effect due within the hour. -James James M. Cornelius, Ph.D. Curator, Lincoln Collection Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum 112 N. Sixth St. Springfield, IL 62701-1310 217.785.7954 http://www.alplm.org
It's a great hoax. On the edge of plausibility, with several related verifiable facts that make it seem allllmost possible. Toss that in with the I Want To Believe syndrome, and it's bound to spread.
Well done.
Re: Move over Zuck, Abraham Lincoln filed a patent for Facebook in 1845
#46I'm at the circus graveyard right now and there is no headstone for Morty Smith! I would post a picture but "I'm going old school" and left my phone at home. ;)
You gotta love this guy's story. It's really well done.
Now, suspend your disbelief for just one more moment... maybe Nate is actually sending us all a cleverly delivered message: If you invest in Facebook you are a sucker. Or if you don't invest you're a sucker. Or maybe it's some other message. Choose your own interpretation.
But you can be sure that almost every element in that story is there for a reason. The choices of PT Barnum, Honest Abe, and Facebook, and of course refused patent applications, were not arbitrary. Suckers, honesty, researching connections between people, lack of any protectable intellectual property, etc.
Just really well done.
Re: Move over Zuck, Abraham Lincoln filed a patent for Facebook in 1845
#47Looks like a hoax http://kottke.org/12/05/abraham-lincoln-invented-facebook
Re: Move over Zuck, Abraham Lincoln filed a patent for Facebook in 1845
#48I'm at the circus graveyard right now and there is no headstone for Morty Smith! I would post a picture but "I'm going old school" and left my phone at home. ;) You gotta love this guy's story. It's really well done. Now, suspend your disbelief for just one more moment... maybe Nate is actually sending us all a cleverly delivered message: If you invest in Facebook you are a sucker. Or if you don't invest you're a suc…
I very much appreciate this, my friend. I'll leave the interpretations up to the readers. :)
Re: Move over Zuck, Abraham Lincoln filed a patent for Facebook in 1845
#49Re: Move over Zuck, Abraham Lincoln filed a patent for Facebook in 1845
#50I contacted the curator at the Lincoln Museum by email. His reponse: This is entirely a hoax. Clever, too. We have an official stastement to that effect due within the hour. -James James M. Cornelius, Ph.D. Curator, Lincoln Collection Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum 112 N. Sixth St. Springfield, IL 62701-1310 217.785.7954 http://www.alplm.org
It's a great hoax. On the edge of plausibility, with several related verifiable facts that make it seem allllmost possible. Toss that in with the I Want To Believe syndrome, and it's bound to spread. Well done.
Exactly.