Indeed, Facebook is probably the worst example ever for illustrating his point! I'm not denying the technical skills of MZ, but really, it was 99% about the rig

Indeed, Facebook is probably the worst example ever for illustrating his point! I'm not denying the technical skills of MZ, but really, it was 99% about the right time, the right place, the need for it being already there, people being already primed and wormed for the whole social networking concept, the US college environment being good enough for spreading the meme... any "a little bit better than myspace" execution would have been enough to attract people, then the large enough user base would have been enough to attract funding. Actually I think Facebook was neither about who knew who (serendipity), nor about the skills of the people involved (preparation) - I consider it like the fuel being already piled up and all that was needed was the right temperature and a spark ...or more like life appearing on a planet with the right chemicals and conditions: it just fucking happens by simple laws of probability governing chemical reactions (to develop this analogy further, giving MZ credit for Facebook is just like inventing the concept of god and giving him credit for life appearing on Earth!)