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the prescient page turning account of a journey in silicon valley a defining memoir of our digital agein her mid twenties at the height of tech industry idealism anna wiener stuck broke and looking for meaning in her work like any good millennial left a job in book publishing for the promise of the new digital economy she moved from new york to san francisco where she landed at a big data startup in the heart of the silicon valley bubble a world of surreal extravagance dubious success and fresh faced entrepreneurs hell bent on domination glory and of course progress anna arrived amidst a massive cultural shift as the tech industry rapidly transformed into a locus of wealth and power rivaling wall street but amid the company ski vacations and in office speakeasies boyish camaraderie and ride or die corporate fealty a new silicon valley began to emerge one in far over its head one that enriched itself at the expense of the idyllic future it claimed to be building part coming age story part portrait of an already bygone era anna wiener s memoir is a rare first person glimpse into high flying reckless startup culture at a time of unchecked ambition unregulated surveillance wild fortune and accelerating political power with wit candor and heart anna deftly charts the tech industry s shift from self appointed world savior to democracy endangering liability alongside a personal narrative of aspiration ambivalence and disillusionment unsparing and incisive uncanny valley is a cautionary tale and a revelatory interrogation of a world reckoning with consequences its unwitting designers are only beginning to understand

Author : Anna Wiener

Publisher : MCD


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