![]() Unsparing, darkly incisive, and haunting, Uncanny Valley is a revelatory interrogation of a world reckoning with consequences its designers are only beginning to understand. Wiener’s storytelling mode is keen and dry, her sentences spare-perfectly suited to let a steady thrum of dread emerge.” -Jennifer Szalai, New York TimesĪdapted from Anna Wiener’s widely read and celebrated essay in n+1 Issue 25, Uncanny Valley is a rare first-person glimpse into Silicon Valley’s reckless startup culture at a time of unchecked ambition, rapacious greed, unregulated surveillance, and accelerating political power. With wit, candor, and heart, Wiener deftly charts the tech industry’s shift from idealistic self-appointed world savior to democracy-endangering liability, alongside a personal narrative of aspiration, ambivalence, and disillusionment. ![]() ![]() ![]() One of the New York Times’s 10 best books of 2020 ![]()
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