Dave Eggers at his satirical sharpest

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View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions  10.17.21 By this point, you probably know a thing or two about what it's like to work for a big tech company. The amazing amenities. The insider language. Endless snacks. This is the stuff both of reality and, increasingly, of fiction. Remember the HBO show Silicon Valley? The main question there was always, OK, but is this all a joke, or is it basically a version of what actually happens at these places? Yes. For his latest book, The Every, Dave Eggers sets himself a nutty task: to satirize the world of tech. He did it in The Circle, of course—and this book is a follow-up to that—but the satire here reaches for new heights—depths—of absurdity. When we at WIRED saw an early copy, we knew we had to excerpt it. The part we chose, Chapter 7, is Eggers at his satirical sharpest, skewering his subject with undisguised glee. It's about a woman's first day at the biggest tech company on the planet, and that's all we'll say. You'll laugh. You'll cringe. And you'll see the world as Eggers sees it: and, perhaps, how it truly is. Jason Kehe | Senior Editor, WIRED   20-MINUTE READ Day One at the Every: An Excerpt From Dave Eggers' New Novel BY DAVE EGGERS Delaney is an unlikely new hire, but she charms her way into the ecommerce giant with one goal in mind: to take down the company from within.   7-MINUTE READ Facebook's Fall From Grace Looks a Lot Like Ford's BY MAR HICKS Before there was Big Tech, there were auto companies that prioritized profits over safety—until a leaked memo made it clear regulation was the only cure.   SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE | 28-MINUTE READ Blood, Lies, and a Drug Trials Lab Gone Bad BY BRENDAN I. KOERNER The system for testing pharmaceuticals in the US relies on contractors adhering to strict guidelines. But one of them chose profits over protocols.   18-MINUTE READ The (Very Slow) Race to Move Forests in Time to Save Them BY LAUREN MARKHAM Trees have always migrated to survive. But now they need help to avoid climate catastrophe.   5-MINUTE READ There Is No Bipartisan Consensus on Big Tech BY JUSTIN SHERMAN The media's rose-colored rhetoric on cooperation across the aisle is overblown—and threatens the road to substantive regulation.   4-MINUTE READ Americans Need a Bill of Rights for an AI-Powered World BY ERIC LANDER AND ALONDRA NELSON The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy is developing principles to guard against powerful technologies—with input from the public. GET WIRED A helicopter on Mars. What to expect post-Covid. The next electrifying/terrifying leap in A.I. explained. Get 1 year of unlimited access to WIRED for less than $1 per month. That includes Steven Levy's exclusive newsletter and a free tote! Subscribe now.         This e-mail was sent to you by WIRED. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, wired@newsletters.wired.com, to your address book.   View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe or manage your newsletter subscriptions