The Circle
(Knopf)The Circle by Dave Eggers is essentially SpongeBob Squarepant’s “What Not To Do At A Stoplight” essay, except it’s “What Not To Do At Your Job Unless You’re Trying To Be A Corporate Shill.” The story is set in the not so distant future where smoothie sipping, hacky sack kicking, SoCal techbros are getting rich selling peoples’ data to the highest bidder (sound familiar?) “The Circle” is Silicon Valley’s latest social media monstrosity – part Instagram, part Bank of America, part surveillance state apparatus. Recent college grad Mae Holland has just been hired to work at the company, and she’s diving into her job with cult-like levels of enthusiasm. As complaints rise against the company and The Circle faces threats from without and within, Mae turns from doe-eyed new hire to full on corporate espionage agent, selling out co-workers and friends in service of the company’s bottom line. It’s a story of how totalitarianism rises: through the wide-eyed optimism of the woefully misinformed.
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