The Circle

Paperback

Published Dec. 1, 2018 by Penguin.

ISBN:
978-0-241-14650-7
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3 stars (9 reviews)

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Review of 'EinFach Deutsch Unterrichtsmodelle : Dave Eggers : Der Circle' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

De discussie over de mogelijke gevolgen (en gevaren) van tech/data monopolies is niet bepaald nieuw en zelfs een behoorlijke open deur. Het boek is dan wel 10 jaar oud, alhoewel deze discussie volgens mij toen ook al gevoerd werd. De discussie over privacy en democratie en de rol van techbedrijven hierin is vandaag de dag zeker niet minder relevant, en gezien de recente waarschuwingen voor AI lijkt het me nog steeds van belang om kritisch naar deze positie te kijken.

Het boek had me stevig in zijn greep. Het geeft een accuraat beeld van de gevaren van monopolies in tech als ook de redenen waarom we bewust moeten zijn van de informatie die wij delen en toevertrouwen. Het is een meeslepend, dystopisch verhaal dat laat zien hoe makkelijk men zich door mooie beloftes kan laten inpakken.

De naïviteit van Mae en de gebruikers van de Cirkel is overdreven en er …

Review of 'EinFach Deutsch Unterrichtsmodelle : Dave Eggers : Der Circle' on 'Storygraph'

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It's the first book I DNF'd because it was just so bad. The main protagonist has just no agency, stuff simply happens to her. The writing feels so self-aware too, as if the author felt so incredible smart about themself because they could see the writing on the wall that social media companies are evil.

Review of 'EinFach Deutsch Unterrichtsmodelle : Dave Eggers : Der Circle' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

I had such high hopes. It builds and builds and you think, "wow, how are they going to get out of this?" And then it builds and builds and builds. Then the book ends. If this was the first book in a trilogy then great! But sadly no...

Also, there were multiple moments where I flicked to the front cover after thinking, "this was definitely written by a man..." The main character acts like an incel's fantasy woman sometimes and not at all like a normal human being. At least I can watch the film now.

Review of 'EinFach Deutsch Unterrichtsmodelle : Dave Eggers : Der Circle' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

The punishment for selling out humanity is bad dick.

But seriously, I was hoping I would warm to Mae at some point but wow. What a truly awful, insufferable, person. From the beginning. Maybe that was an attempt to mirror the assumed selfishness and navel-gazing of millennials but if so it's based on an incredibly short-sighted and inaccurate assessment and I think the, important, message is lost to many because of it.
As with any dystopian/speculative book the message here isn't "technology bad". It's about examining how we maintain our humanity alongside technology. In this case our rights to privacy and autonomy. I also felt there was a warning against blurring the lines too much between work and life. The current workplace attitude of that being your identity. That you should live and breathe the company you work for at all times even in your own time. If you even …

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