A review by originalhat
Work Pray Code: When Work Becomes Religion in Silicon Valley by Carolyn Chen

4.0

I've never considered myself spiritual or religious, but after reading this book it's clear that “there is actually no such thing as atheism. There is no such thing as not worshipping. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship.” Chen outlines the case for how intertwined steam-cleaned spirituality has become, how this has happened, and what issues this presents for society. Workplace spirituality has become a tool leveraged by the technocratic elite to extract additional and often self-elective consensual labor by blackmailing our innate desire to belong and believe as part of a greater cause. An eye-opening read that I'd recommend to anyone in tech!