One of the architects of the Kindle wrote a book! Ha ha!
Wait that's not funny. That's normal. It's also normal for someone coming out of the tech industry to write a tell-all. So here's the latest: Burning the Page. (amazon link)
As I have alluded before on this blog, having been raised on a literary diet of Orwell, Vonnegut, and a selection of fantastic fiction set to "frappe", I am tuned to imagine conspiracies.
I wear no tinfoil chapeau. I am not genuinely paranoid. But in this modern America, I sustain the belief that if you're not wary, you're doing it wrong.
It's not a fantasy--people really are out to get you. And here's the twist: It's not the government. the Ministry of Truth will be a for-profit entity:
Wait that's not funny. That's normal. It's also normal for someone coming out of the tech industry to write a tell-all. So here's the latest: Burning the Page. (amazon link)
As I have alluded before on this blog, having been raised on a literary diet of Orwell, Vonnegut, and a selection of fantastic fiction set to "frappe", I am tuned to imagine conspiracies.
I wear no tinfoil chapeau. I am not genuinely paranoid. But in this modern America, I sustain the belief that if you're not wary, you're doing it wrong.
It's not a fantasy--people really are out to get you. And here's the twist: It's not the government. the Ministry of Truth will be a for-profit entity:
“...If you’re willing to overlook the fact that Big Brother won’t be a politician but an ad man and that he’ll have the face of Google.”The interview has a couple of other interesting things to say in the way of caveats and partial regrets as well.
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