Uncanny valley : a memoir
(Large Print)

Book Cover
Average Rating
Published
Waterville, ME : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2020.
ISBN
9781432880064, 1432880063
Status

Description

Loading Description...

Also in this Series

Checking series information...

Copies

LocationCall NumberStatus
Indian Prairie Public Library District - 1st FloorLARGE TYPE 338.476 WIENEROn Shelf
Oak Lawn Public Library - Large TypeLARGE TYPE 338.476097 WIENEROn Shelf

More Like This

Loading more titles like this title...

More Details

Published
Waterville, ME : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2020.
Format
Large Print
Physical Desc
409 pages (large print) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
ISBN
9781432880064, 1432880063

Notes

Description
"In 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-of-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"--,Provided by publisher.
Local note
LARGE PRINT

Reviews from GoodReads

Loading GoodReads Reviews.

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Wiener, A. (2020). Uncanny valley: a memoir (Large print edition.). Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Wiener, Anna, 1987-. 2020. Uncanny Valley: A Memoir. Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Wiener, Anna, 1987-. Uncanny Valley: A Memoir Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2020.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Wiener, Anna. Uncanny Valley: A Memoir Large print edition., Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2020.

Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.

Staff View

Loading Staff View.