Re: [projectvrm] Dave Egger's new novel 'The Circle'

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Good ones. Thanks, Graham.

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On Nov 12, 2013, at 12:32 PM, Graham Hill < "> > wrote:

T.Rob

I was spurred on by the following review in the Economist to read Dave Egger's new novel, 'The Circle'. It tells the story of a dystopian future society where post Google, Facebook and Amazon corporation 'the Circle' controls all information and 'Secrets are Lies' and 'Privacy is Theft'. It is '1984' in the hands of a ruthless info-corporation.

http://www.economist.com/news/business-books-quarterly/21587761-novel-where-company-king-and-conqueror-everything-everywhere

I suspect it will have many of you both nodding your heads in recognition and shaking them in horror, like I did. I can thoroughly recommend it.

Apparently it has got Silicon Valley types a bit worried too.

http://claudenougat.blogspot.de/2013/10/silicon-valley-rattled-by-dave-eggers.html

Best regards from Cologne, Graham

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