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Burn Book
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Burn Book

A Tech Love Story

Simon & Schuster, 2024 plus...


Editorial Rating

9

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Recommendation

Technology companies and their leaders promise to help change the world. However, some of the most powerful names in tech tend to act like “adult toddlers,” writes renowned tech journalist Kara Swisher, while others simply lack empathy for their users. Part memoir, part exposé, Swisher’s eye-opening, decades-spanning account offers a nuanced picture of Silicon Valley’s history and how its innovations have reshaped society — for better and for worse. Boldly holding a mirror up to power, Swisher deftly balances insider anecdotes with a serious call for tech leaders to focus on the public good.

Take-Aways

  • Silicon Valley leaders have transformed the world — but not always in the ways they promised. 
  • Google became a threat to global information flows when it gained monopolistic powers.
  • A quest for profit more than idealism drove Amazon’s rise.

About the Author

Kara Swisher is an American journalist, host of the New York Magazine podcast On with Kara Swisher, and a cohost of its Pivot podcast. She cofounded Vox Media’s Recode, was a contributing opinion writer and podcast host for The New York Times, and has worked for The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post.