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Please Report Your Bug Here by Josh Riedel
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
4.0
If you love cerebral reads, eerie covers, and are skeptical of Big Tech, boy is this book going to be for you.
Plus the author was the first employee at Instagram, where I am writing out this very review. Very meta. Lord, isn't that what Facebook is called now? Pardon me, while I retire to an internet-free cabin in the woods.
Ethan is working in Silicon Valley as one of the founding members of an up-and-coming dating website. But instead of the fun, creative pursuit he thought it would be, his job is basically just clearing inappropriate photos off of the site. Oh a whim, he decides to check out his top match on the dating website, but unexpectedly he is no longer at his desk but in a field of grass next to an ocean. He quickly appears back at his desk and realizes he's discovered a pretty gigantic BUG. As he investigates, he sees that this goes much deeper than he expected.
This felt like part Uncanny Valley, part behind-the-scenes exposé of tech startups, with a big dose of magical realism.
I thought this was a super unique book and loved the strange bedfellows mixture of tech and magical realism. Did I always completely understand what was going on? Absolutely not. But could I put it down? Definitely not. I found it oddly fascinating. Lost in Translation fans will enjoy the many references as well.
Also, with the author being the first employee at Instagram, you know he KNOWS THINGS. Like, where the Instagram skeletons are buried. So the book's commentary and skewering of Big Tech feels even more real.
Plus the author was the first employee at Instagram, where I am writing out this very review. Very meta. Lord, isn't that what Facebook is called now? Pardon me, while I retire to an internet-free cabin in the woods.
Ethan is working in Silicon Valley as one of the founding members of an up-and-coming dating website. But instead of the fun, creative pursuit he thought it would be, his job is basically just clearing inappropriate photos off of the site. Oh a whim, he decides to check out his top match on the dating website, but unexpectedly he is no longer at his desk but in a field of grass next to an ocean. He quickly appears back at his desk and realizes he's discovered a pretty gigantic BUG. As he investigates, he sees that this goes much deeper than he expected.
This felt like part Uncanny Valley, part behind-the-scenes exposé of tech startups, with a big dose of magical realism.
I thought this was a super unique book and loved the strange bedfellows mixture of tech and magical realism. Did I always completely understand what was going on? Absolutely not. But could I put it down? Definitely not. I found it oddly fascinating. Lost in Translation fans will enjoy the many references as well.
Also, with the author being the first employee at Instagram, you know he KNOWS THINGS. Like, where the Instagram skeletons are buried. So the book's commentary and skewering of Big Tech feels even more real.