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by Anna Wiener (Goodreads Author)

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I missed the Goodreads Giveaway. How can I get a copy?

Jennifer Maloney To get a copy of this (or any other) book, wait until it comes out, then buy it or get it at the library.

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What was the philosophy Ana was criticizing towards the end of the book when she was describing a conversation at a party where the person was making a point that the abolition movement was a good thing that came from a small minority of people pushing for change? Was it Realism or something like that? I already gave my book away and can't look it up.

Jane It's called rationalism. While there are some Ayn Rand-esque aspects to it, the main goal of rationalism is to learn how to think better, particularly…moreIt's called rationalism. While there are some Ayn Rand-esque aspects to it, the main goal of rationalism is to learn how to think better, particularly as espoused by Eliezer Yudkowsky, a high school dropout who sincerely believes that a superhumanly intelligent artificial intelligence will be invented one day, that runs the risk of enslaving us all. You can go to lesswrong.com to see the online community. Quite a few of them live in rationalist-themed group houses in Berkeley. (less)

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What were the companies she worked for? She was so discreet it was maddening. I suppose the “social media company everybody hates” was Facebook, and the”search engine giant” that Ian worked for was Google, but otherwise I was lost,

Réka Oroszi The first company (e-reading app) was identified by readers as Oyster, the second she worked for is Optimizely or Mixpanel (people are divided on this…moreThe first company (e-reading app) was identified by readers as Oyster, the second she worked for is Optimizely or Mixpanel (people are divided on this one) and the last is GitHub (the platform for open-source software projects). There is an interesting article that talks about this, highly recommended: https://slate.com/culture/2020/01/unc...(less)

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