A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES 'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF 2020. Named one
of the Best Books of 2020 by The Washington Post The Atlantic NPR the Los Angeles Times
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A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice and a January 2020 IndieNext Pick. "A
definitive document of a world in transition: I won't be alone in returning to it for clarity
and consolation for many years to come." --Jia Tolentino author of Trick Mirror: Reflections
on Self-Delusion The prescient page-turning account of a journey in Silicon Valley: a
defining memoir of our digital age In her mid-twenties at the height of tech industry
idealism Anna Wiener-stuck broke and looking for meaning in her work like any good
millennial--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 . Anna 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. Part coming-of-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. Unsparing and incisive Uncanny Valley is a
cautionary tale and a revelatory interrogation of a world reckoning with consequences its
unwitting designers are only beginning to understand.
