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Summary: Nice title, but reads like a screed
Review: The author makes some good points. In particular about how shallow and self-serving a lot of the libertarianism of the "New Economy." But it's not like you can't find these observations in a more tempered and nuanced fashion. The book reads partly like her own gripes with the industry that she fell into. Here's an anecdote she recounts that struck me as strange: She tells the story of a Latino kid who goes to CSU-Los Angeles and gets a degree in Computer Science but can't find a job and has to go work with his dad as a gardener. Something is missing here. The author claims this is bona fide proof that the high-tech world is an insulated world, and clearly implies there are racial and class barriers. The fact is I personally know dozens of people from "sub-par" Universities and those with NO COLLEGE DEGREE that work in the computer industry, that don't have "connections" of any kind. They just have to have skills (or intelligence enough to manage and a high learning curve). If the racial barriers are so great, what explains the large % of Asians in the tech industry? I don't deny subtle racism and barriers, but these are symptomatic of humans, not the IT industry in particular and certainly not a result of "cyberselfishness." Sounds like the author has a big axe to grind and will find isolated examples to prove it.
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