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It’s amazing and perplexing when a book can both be super compelling and not very good 😂 I raced through THE CIRCLE because the pacing is fast, the company’s work was incredibly creepy, and it was hitting close to home as someone who works in social media.
And yet...this book completely lacks nuance and subtlety. Dave Eggers came in with a point and REALLY BEAT THAT HORSE. Social media is bad! We’re moving toward a surveillance state! We’re losing free will in favor of empty validation from peopl ...more
And yet...this book completely lacks nuance and subtlety. Dave Eggers came in with a point and REALLY BEAT THAT HORSE. Social media is bad! We’re moving toward a surveillance state! We’re losing free will in favor of empty validation from peopl ...more
The Circle is the company to work for, it is an Internet company trying to take over all programs to provide transparency for all people. Mae is a newcomer (newb) to the company and is immediately taken in by their policies and outlook on life. She buys into their sharing theories after being chastised for leaving the campus to visit family and to go kayaking without posting about her activities. Mae then takes part in many of the after work parties sponsored by the company on campus and uses he
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