Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism
By Sarah-Wynn Williams
An explosive insider account of life at the heart of Meta – the decisions that have shaped world events in recent decades, and the people who made them.
Sarah Wynn-Williams tells the gripping, often absurd story of Facebook's rise, from stumbling encounters with juntas to Mark Zuckerberg's reaction when he learned of the platform's role in Trump's election. Along the way, she experiences the challenges and humiliations of working motherhood in a pressure-cooker workplace, even as Sheryl Sandberg urges women to "lean in."
Careless People is a deeply personal account of why and how things have gone so horribly wrong in the past decade—told in a sharp, candid, and utterly disarming voice. A deep, unflinching look at the role that social media has assumed in our lives, Careless People reveals the truth about the leaders of Facebook: how the more power they grasp, the less responsible they become and the consequences this has for all of us.
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