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'Ripe' tackles the dark side of Silicon Valley

NPR's Book of the Day

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The Culture of Voyager

I think all of us are maybe right now reexamining our relationship to work and labor. We see that as we see more strikes happening. There are just so many familiar in some ways, but also really fascinating details about this tech company that Cassie works at called Voyager. I mean, it's glowing blue. It's full of those people that Cassie refers to as believers. And there's this nameless CEO who is just CEO, never gets a name. And productivity there is prized down to the number of keystrokes that Cassie makes every day. She can never do enough.

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