If you like this, read that...

Sep 25

Sep 25 If you like this, read that...

Happy Friday!

I hope you are having a great week so far. Not much is new here… we are still in lockdown. COVID cases are way down and from Sunday some restrictions will be lessened but it’s going to be about another month of this before restaurants and retail and hairdressers re-open. I must say, I’ve become pretty good at giving Tj quarantine haircuts haha.

It looks like we will be getting some Spring showers over the weekend but it should clear up on Sunday so hopefully, we will be able to go for a nice long walk.

The other night Tj and I watched a new documentary on Netflix called The Social Dilemma. This is what it’s about:

This documentary-drama hybrid explores the dangerous human impact of social networking, with tech experts sounding the alarm on their own creations.

You can watch the trailer here.

It was very thought-provoking and it has made me change the way I use and engage on social media.

And immediately after we watched the movie, I told Tj that he has to read this book, The Circle. So I thought I’d share that today, in a new Friday book post, If you liked that, read this.

So if you liked The Social Dilemma, read The Circle by Dave Eggers.

The Circle by Dave Eggers

When Mae Holland is hired to work for the Circle, the world’s most powerful internet company, she feels she’s been given the opportunity of a lifetime. The Circle, run out of a sprawling California campus, links users’ personal emails, social media, banking, and purchasing with their universal operating system, resulting in one online identity and a new age of civility and transparency. As Mae tours the open-plan office spaces, the towering glass dining facilities, the cozy dorms for those who spend nights at work, she is thrilled with the company’s modernity and activity. There are parties that last through the night, there are famous musicians playing on the lawn, there are athletic activities and clubs and brunches, and even an aquarium of rare fish retrieved from the Marianas Trench by the CEO. Mae can’t believe her luck, her great fortune to work for the most influential company in the world—even as life beyond the campus grows distant, even as a strange encounter with a colleague leaves her shaken, even as her role at the Circle becomes increasingly public. What begins as the captivating story of one woman’s ambition and idealism soon becomes a heart-racing novel of suspense, raising questions about memory, history, privacy, democracy, and the limits of human knowledge.

Note that there was a movie adapted from this book starring Tom Hanks and Emma Watson. It was good, but it doesn’t do it justice. I found the book much more impactful than the movie, despite the star-studded cast.

Have a great weekend.