{"product_id":"uncanny-valley-a-memoir-paperback","title":"Uncanny Valley: A Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A definitive document of a world in transition: I won't be alone in returning to it for clarity and consolation for many years to come.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e--Jia Tolentino, author of \u003ci\u003eTrick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe prescient, page-turning account of a journey in Silicon Valley: a defining memoir of our digital age.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnna arrived during 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePart 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUnsparing and incisive, \u003ci\u003eUncanny Valley\u003c\/i\u003e is a cautionary tale, and a revelatory interrogation of a world reckoning with consequences its unwitting designers are only beginning to understand.","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48694761783513,"sku":"9781250785695","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0787\/3121\/5065\/files\/9781250785695.jpg?v=1778560752","url":"https:\/\/www.blacknectarbooks.com\/products\/uncanny-valley-a-memoir-paperback","provider":"blacknectar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}