The Grind Chronicles

The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich


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The provided podcast is an excerpt from Ben Mezrich's The Accidental Billionaires, a narrative nonfiction account of the creation of Facebook. 

Mezrich uses interviews and documents to reconstruct events, acknowledging discrepancies and subjective perspectives. 

He focuses on the relationship between Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin, describing their experiences at Harvard and the early development of Facemash and Facebook. 

The excerpt also includes details about Zuckerberg's unauthorized access to Harvard student photos and the subsequent legal battle with the Winklevoss twins. 

The narrative incorporates dialogue, some of which is reconstructed, and alters details to protect privacy.

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