Careless People: A Story of Where I Used to Work Author: Sarah Wynn-Williams ISBN-13: 978-1035065929Publisher: MacmillanGuideline Price: £16.99With Careless People: A Story of Where I used to Work, Facebook’s former director of global public policy Sarah Wynn-Williams provides a shocking but fascinating exposure of Facebook’s utterly dystopian dysfunctionality.Careless People reveals that everything is far, far worse than we ever could have suspected, despite all the past investigative reporting, international hearings and other recent books on Facebook/Meta’s failings. This is a horror scream-fest for anyone who cares about democracy, accountability and decency.A former diplomat, Wynn-Williams offers a darkly funny page-turner that shows how insanely powerful, detached and, yes, evil these wealthy tech overlords and their companies have become. With her insider view and knowledge of the company’s catastrophic global affairs manoeuvrings, she provides a convincing immediacy compared to more distanced journalistic or tech-perspective books about Meta.She spent seven years within then-Facebook’s management team, working closely with Zuckerberg, his “lean-in” first lieutenant Sheryl Sandberg (now departed), and Republican operative and current Meta president of global affairs Joel Kaplan.They come across as despicably vile – an understatement, given the bizarre, predatory actions of Sandberg and Kaplan, ignored by the company even when witnessed
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