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A review by gordonmacrae
Uncanny Valley: A Memoir by Anna Wiener
reflective
fast-paced
3.0
Fair play to the author for parlaying an entry-level tech job into a $200k payout and a job at the New Yorker reporting on the tech industry. But I found this book really frustrating. The n+1 story it is expanded from was energetic, insightful, and full of life. This book is, to quote the author, “beautiful descriptions of little substance, arranged in elegant vignettes”.
It consistently skirts any real analysis of the negative parts of Silicon Valley (the sexism, exploitation, and questionable politics). And almost 300 pages of detached, ironic skepticism grows slightly tiring.
It consistently skirts any real analysis of the negative parts of Silicon Valley (the sexism, exploitation, and questionable politics). And almost 300 pages of detached, ironic skepticism grows slightly tiring.