<story><title>A Walk in the Woods with Mark Zuckerberg</title><url>http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/07/a-walk-in-the-woods-with-mark-zuckerberg/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>thwarted</author><text>&lt;i&gt;&quot;He pointed out Apple’s headquarters, then Hewlett-Packard and a number of other big tech companies, the individual explained. Then he pointed to Facebook and said that it would eventually be bigger than all of the companies he had just mentioned, and that if I joined the company, I could be a part of it all.&quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;This sounds vaguely familiar.&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.&lt;/i&gt;  -- Matthew 4:8-9&lt;p&gt;(edit: it&apos;s a common theme, one of the oldest is in the Bible, and most are most likely appropriated from there)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>pkaler</author><text>It&apos;s a design pattern for stories called monomyth or The Hero&apos;s Journey.  It&apos;s the same pattern found in the Bible, Star Wars, and many other epics.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monomyth&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monomyth&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Stories are important to humans because that is how we understand the world around us.</text></comment>
<story><title>A Walk in the Woods with Mark Zuckerberg</title><url>http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/07/a-walk-in-the-woods-with-mark-zuckerberg/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>thwarted</author><text>&lt;i&gt;&quot;He pointed out Apple’s headquarters, then Hewlett-Packard and a number of other big tech companies, the individual explained. Then he pointed to Facebook and said that it would eventually be bigger than all of the companies he had just mentioned, and that if I joined the company, I could be a part of it all.&quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;This sounds vaguely familiar.&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.&lt;/i&gt;  -- Matthew 4:8-9&lt;p&gt;(edit: it&apos;s a common theme, one of the oldest is in the Bible, and most are most likely appropriated from there)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>gwern</author><text>I was actually thinking of _Star Wars_:&lt;p&gt;&quot;Join me, and together we will rule the Valley as CEO and employee!&quot;</text></comment>