Live work work work die, a journey into the savage heart of Silicon Valley, Corey Pein
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Live work work work die, a journey into the savage heart of Silicon Valley, Corey Pein
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Includes notes (pages 295-304) and index (pages 305-309)
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Live work work work die
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Corey Pein
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a journey into the savage heart of Silicon Valley
Summary
At the height of the startup boom, journalist Corey Pein set out for Silicon Valley with little more than a smartphone and his wits. His goal: to learn how such an overhyped industry could possibly sustain itself as long as it has. But to truly understand the delirious reality of the tech entrepreneurs, he knew he would have to inhabit that perspectivehe would have to become an entrepreneur himself. Thus Pein begins his journeyskulking through gimmicky tech conferences, pitching his over-the-top business ideas to investors, and rooming with a succession of naive upstart programmers whose entire lives are managed by their employerswho work endlessly and obediently, never thinking to question their place in the system
Table Of Contents
Introduction: billionaire or bust -- Poor winners -- Slums as a service -- Gigs make us free -- Selling crack to children -- It's called capitalism -- Failing up -- The aristocracy of brains -- Onward, robot soldiers -- Conclusion
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