J G (Jeg)

I just finished Careless People, a cautionary tale. My sense is that this is all true from SWW’s viewpoint. I believe her but I also find her naivetè frustrating. These people showed her who they were right up front and she is continually surprised at their behavior. She should have learned that while she had good intentions she had zero power to make changes and should have gotten out of there in 2 years. She could have been more effective working with policymakers to keep FB and Meta in check. Also, she speaks of the misogyny and protection of men behaving badly as if it’s a thing particularly rampant in large tech companies, as if other industries have it any less. I’ve never worked in tech, I’ve worked in media, advertising, finance and art. Art was the only career where the people with whom I worked behaved kindly and appropriately. Strictly reviewing SWW’s writing style, she’s ok, parts are riveting, some repetitive. Marketing blurbs couch it as funny. I never found it humorous, just sad. Still, it is an important read, so you know just how your info, your interactions on social media are being used. How your liking something can be used against you and how the posts you are fed are to manipulate you. Keep your eyes wide open as you navigate social media and the internet. Question why am I seeing this political message, why am I seeing something about Muslims or Jews or Christian’s or immigrants or whatever. I just hope that SWW’s post FB life allows her children and long suffering husband more time with her, they deserve her attention.