{"product_id":"2940169197365","title":"Uncanny Valley : A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe prescient account of a journey in Silicon Valley: a defining memoir of our digital age\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her mid-20s, at the height of tech industry idealism, Anna Wiener amp;mdash; stuck, broke, and looking for meaning in her work, like any good millennial amp;mdash; left a job in book publishing for the promise of the new digital economy. She moved from New York to San Francisco, where she landed at a big-data startup in the heart of the Silicon Valley bubble: a world of surreal extravagance, dubious success, and fresh-faced entrepreneurs hell-bent on domination, glory, and, of course, progress.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnna arrived amidst a massive cultural shift, as the tech industry rapidly transformed into a locus of wealth and power rivaling Wall Street. But amid the company ski vacations and in-office speakeasies, boyish camaraderie and ride-or-die corporate fealty, a new Silicon Valley began to emerge: one in far over its head, one that enriched itself at the expense of the idyllic future it claimed to be building.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart coming-age-story, part portrait of an already-bygone era, Anna Wiener¿s memoir is a rare first-person glimpse into high-flying, reckless startup culture at a time of unchecked ambition, unregulated surveillance, wild fortune, and accelerating political power. With wit, candor, and heart, Anna deftly charts the tech industry¿s shift from self-appointed world savior to democracy-endangering liability, alongside a personal narrative of aspiration, ambivalence, and disillusionment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnsparing and incisive, \u003ci\u003eUncanny Valley\u003c\/i\u003e is a cautionary tale, and a revelatory interrogation of a world reckoning with consequences its unwitting designers are only beginning to understand.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47150215626992,"sku":"2940169197365","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169197365_p0.jpg?v=1763674976","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169197365","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}