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A review by piabo
Uncanny Valley by Anna Wiener
reflective
4.0
Very canny observations of start up life in Silicon Valley. Interesting insights into data security practices and work habits of entrepreneurs and early employees. So many of the descriptions felt very familiar to what I experienced in my bay-area-based university and its people. I still have no idea if it is good or bad but this book definitely helped to find words to describe certain behaviors. I liked it!
This book came out when I was still in San Francisco and I wished I had read it then. But even four years later it still felt relevant and helped me process my time there!
The author was constantly critiquing the working and general culture in the Bay Area, while at the same time participating and relativizing it. Very fascinating way of writing a book. Definitely animated to think about it a lot.
This book came out when I was still in San Francisco and I wished I had read it then. But even four years later it still felt relevant and helped me process my time there!
The author was constantly critiquing the working and general culture in the Bay Area, while at the same time participating and relativizing it. Very fascinating way of writing a book. Definitely animated to think about it a lot.