Tech Ethicists & Critics
Abolish Silicon Valley: How to Liberate Technology from Capitalism
Wendy Liu · 2020 · Repeater Books
A former startup founder and software engineer combines memoir and manifesto to critique the tech industry and argue for taking technology out of the hands of capital.
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Summary
“Part memoir, part manifesto, Abolish Silicon Valley by Wendy Liu offers a critique of the contemporary tech industry from the perspective of a former believer.”
Part memoir and part manifesto, the book critiques the contemporary tech industry from the perspective of a former startup founder and software engineer who once believed in it. The author recounts her own time in the industry alongside her argument about it. She contends that technology has emancipatory potential that the industry has harnessed for its own ends. The book argues for liberating technology from capitalism.
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About the author
Wendy Liu
Wendy Liu is a former startup founder and software engineer. She has written about technology and politics for Logic, Dissent, Tribune, The Guardian, The Atlantic, and The Boston Review, and holds a master's degree in inequality from the London School of Economics.
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