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1. Informative, Engaging, Fun – and you probably need to hear thi
   “Careless People” arrived yesterday, and once I picked it up I couldn’t put it down. This one is a 10 out of 10″ read. Hilarious in spots, well-written, and revealing, it’s also disturbing, and a strident klaxon trying to get our attention, even though the author knows it may be too late. I bought it because Mark Zuckerberg tried to silence the author, which seems to contradict his whole “free speech ” position on which he shut down content moderation. I dislike censorship and don’t approve of book banning.Full disclosure, I’m not a fan of Facebook since the whole Cambridge Analytica scandal. I left the platform and never looked back. I don’t miss it. This book makes me doubly glad to be away from all that, and also leaves me concerned that it’s even possible to appropriately regulate big tech companies to secure humanity’s future privacy (and safety).If you’re feeling like *something* is wrong in the world and can’t quite put your finger on exactly what, this book is a great start – and a genuinely fun read. Definitely buy this book while you can. (Maybe from someone other than Amazon.)

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2. Interesting!
   I came across it in an article on Hacker News and decided to buy it impulsively. It was delivered the next day, and out of curiosity, I started reading it right away.I’m currently on page 23—I’m a bit of a slow reader—but so far, I really like the dynamic style of Sarah’s writing. The story starts off with an engaging pace, and I appreciate how the events unfold in a dynamic, interesting way. The theme of diplomacy is new to me, and I find it both curious and enjoyable.

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3. Explains A Lot. Couldn’t put it down!
   Well written book that explains a lot about where the US is today. Sickening and honest. Great perspective of what Facebook is/is about. I never thought Zuckerberg was great from the beginning, when he basically stole the idea for Facebook from some school mates who asked him for help coding it. I really appreciated how the author spoke about being a mother and how she was treated (how working mothers are treated in the USA). And her experiences with maternal care in the US, her first birth was very similar to my own. Author is an incredibly courageous woman. Well done!

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4. Insightful, revealing and well written must read tell-all memoir !
   A very creative diplomat pitch a non existent job at facebook execs. Nobody in that crew believes her., but she persist and persist and persist and get the job. Her new job is a roller coaster of exhilarating successes and pathetic failures. The author reveal and expose the blatant corruption, totally rotten morals, and ethical decadence of all the facebook executives and owners. The resulting critical insights of that company make this memoir an enlightening and thrilling read.

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5. Care-less People
   Thank you Mark & Meta, for filing the preliminary injunction to stop publicity for this book. If not for the multiple news reports about your attempts to stifle the book, I never would have known it existed! Now that I’ve read it, I highly recommend it to any and all. Though the book could have been a bit shorter (the real payoff comes in the last half), this is essential reading for anyone concerned with the future of civil society. It is a well-written, first-hand account of Zuckerberg, Sandberg, and Co. – all who could care less about destroying the psyches of adolescents, who could care less about enabling the genocide of the Rohinga, who could care less about enabling autocracy and dictatorship.Though Wynn-Williams never uses the word “evil,” the last sections of the book certainly raise that question. To be simply “careless” implies ignorance. But to “care less” about human life, as is well-documented in the book, puts the question of evil front and center. And that question is not about some faceless company – it is about specific individuals, and their complete abdication of human morality.

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6. Interesting insight into Global Policy, and the people who shape it
   At first I wasn’t interested in purchasing this book, but after all the press generated by Meta’s response, I thought it might be interesting to see what all the fuss was about. This was a very insightful and sometimes humorous (poor big bird) account of the author’s days at Facebook (now Meta) and her interaction with some of the leadership there, as well as some of the political leaders of the world. I found it amusing that some of the world’s most powerful people are so pre-occupied about who they take a picture with, what table they are sitting at. Even though most of the book takes place several years ago, I think some of it’s warnings still apply today, especially as companies and countries grapple with the role AI will play, and how it might be used to unscrupulous ends.I read this over the course of one weekend, it was quite the page turner. As a result of Meta’s response to this book, I spent most of the weekend offline (didn’t even know my internet was out for a half a day). So thank you Meta, for helping me disconnect and remind me the joys of going offline to enjoy a good book.

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7. WE KNEW ALL THIS BUT IT’S STILL WORTH READING
   This is a well-written, funny, rueful take on one of history’s most powerful and influential organizations – fast becoming an institution – Facebook. Wynn-Williams was there, saw it all, and has the laser eye of a jounralist and wry humor of a born critic. You will probably not learn anything you didn’t already suspect about Zuckerberg, Sandberg, and Facebook culture – this is not an expose – because Facebook and its leadership are about as subtle as a 20 pound bag of cement. You will, however, be entertained. (FYI: You can’t disparage people by repeating, albeit as a first person narrattive – what everyone already knows and has been abundantly reported in the media – i.e., public information.)I also purchased a hardback edition, albeit through another online vendor. You may consider purchasing a hardback version of this excellent book, because hard copy survives forever..

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