Abolish Silicon Valley by Wendy Liu - ISBN: 9781912248704
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Abolish Silicon Valley

How to Liberate Technology from Capitalism

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  • Paperback

    244 pages

  • Release Date

    14 April 2020

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Summary

Former insider turned critic Wendy Liu busts the myths of the tech industry, and offers a galvanising argument for why and how we must reclaim technology’s potential for the public good.Former insider turned critic Wendy Liu busts the myths of the tech industry, and offers a galvanising argument for why and how we must reclaim technology’s potential for the public good.Former insider turned critic Wendy Liu busts the myths of the tech industry, and offers a galvanising argument for why and ho…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781912248704
ISBN-10:1912248700
Author:Wendy Liu
Publisher:Watkins Media Limited
Imprint:Repeater Books
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:244
Release Date:14 April 2020
Weight:246g
Dimensions:197mm x 130mm
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Critics Review

“Lucid, probing and urgent. Wendy Liu manages to be both optimistic about the emancipatory potential of tech and scathing about the industry that has harnessed it for bleak and self-serving ends.” – Naomi Klein, author of On Fire: The Burning Case for a Green New Deal “Astute, accessible, and driven by the author’s wealth of personal insight, Abolish Silicon Valley is a riveting read and a compelling contribution to contemporary debates. I devoured it in a single sitting.” –Helen Hester, author of Xenofeminism”Politically-engaged and rigorously self-reflective, Liu calls not just for the eradication of tech culture as we know it, but for the radical reinvention of innovation, work, and automation in the name of the collective interest. This is an assured debut which deserves to find a wide audience.” – Nick Srnicek, author of Platform Capitalism

About The Author

Wendy Liu

Wendy Liu is a software engineer and former startup founder who left the tech industry to pursue a masters degree in inequality from the London School of Economics. She is currently working on a print publication devoted to tech worker organising in Silicon Valley.

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