The Circle

"In The Circle, David Eggers thankfully doesn’t slam you over the head with WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE KIDS TODAY. Instead, he walks you through a Silicon Valley company — the Circle — so very familiar (at least in its own self-mythologizing) that you feel right at home with his almost-heroine, Mae, the newest Circle employee. Mae doesn’t just embrace this world; she thrives in it. And it’s not just because there are bowling alleys in the employee lounge like a certain tech company we know (cough Google ).  This is about the slow boil of the frog: how one gets acclimated to shifting values about privacy, respect and what makes a meaningful relationship."

"I kept hooting in appalled recognition at his horribly plausible story of a society in which social media becomes totalitarian."