Sonke besilifuna lelo genge lama-hipsters namanye ama-geek avela eSilicon Valley. Iqembu lezingane zikababa elimemezele uhlelo olusha lomnotho wezwe ukuze kuhlomule wonke umuntu futhi luqondiswe emphakathini wezenhlalakahle. Ukusa kwezwe elisha lobuchwepheshe ngezinzuzo zalo ezikhazimulayo nokuqala kwalo njengesixazululo sazo zonke izinkinga, kusuka kuma-hemorrhoids kuya esikhaleni esinqobayo.
Kepha lezi zinto zihlala zinciphisa ukukhombisa ukwenziwa kwabo okubi ngaphakathi. Futhi akukhona ukuthi ngiyi-curmudgeon endala (noma mhlawumbe yebo) ngikhathazekile ngokuthi izinto zigcina seziwela ngaphansi kwesisindo sabo. Into ukuthi, ama-panaceas eceleni; ama-placebos angenaphutha azo zonke izinhlobo zemicu yengqondo; noma izincwadi zokuzisiza ongaba ngawo uBill Gates ezinsukwini eziyi-7, U-Anna wiener wayefuna ukusitshela cishe yonke into ...
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Ngo-2013, eneminyaka engama-XNUMX ubudala, u-Anna Wiener unquma ukuyeka umsebenzi wakhe oyingozi wokuba ngumsizi wokuhlela enkampanini yezemibhalo eNew York ngenxa yezithembiso eziyengayo zokuqalwa kobuchwepheshe obushubile. I-adventure ezomholela ekuthutheleleni eSan Francisco futhi asayine inkampani entsha yokuhlaziya idatha. Ezweni elincane le-effervescent laseSilicon Valley, uzohlangana nosomabhizinisi abasebasha nabanomdlandla emjahweni oshisayo wokuqamba izinto ezintsha, ingcebo futhi namandla.
Ngokuzuza okukodwa, u-Anna Wiener wembula uhlangothi olumnyama lweSilicon Valley - izinhloso ezingamanga, izinsuku ezingapheli, i-corporatism ehlukanisayo, i-misogyny evamile -, futhi ihamba kahle phakathi kwe-utopia ne-dystopia lapho izikhungo zobuchwepheshe ezifuna ukushintsha ngokuphelele world kodwa lokho kubeka imiphakathi yethu engcupheni: kusuka ekulawulweni okungenakulinganiswa okusetshenziswa yizinhlelo zokusebenza namanethiwekhi phezu kwethu, kuya ekungalingani ngesihluku okonakalise ubunikazi bendawo yayo, idolobha laseSan Francisco. Umlando owehlukile, ofundeka njengenoveli, omayelana nemboni enamandla amakhulu nabantu abayenzayo, obeke umlobi wayo njengelinye lamazwi abalulekile wokuchaza lesi sikhathi sedijithali esimangazayo.
Manje usungathenga i- "Uncanny Valley", ebhalwe ngu-Anna Wiener, lapha:
