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I liked it and hated it almost equally. Technology utopia/dystopia with plenty of digs at various famous SV-ites. Scary how prophetic some bits were (e.g. Periscope).
He wrote an interesting article about a recent visit to a Trump rally in the Graun last weekend: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jun/17/could-he-actually-win-dave-eggers-donald-trump-rally-presidential-campaign
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No, but have been meaning to... recommend? Do like a bit of Eggers... Imagine it is not presenting a 'vote google' manifesto. But I am still far from convinced that they'd do more evil than current incumbents, and would likely find some interesting approaches to the big issues. Corporate taxation obviously a sticking point.
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A conversation I often have with friends - would you hand over the keys to the country to Google rather than leave them with out of touch/self-interested politicians? Clearly Google have plenty of their own self-interest, but at least they'd grasp the challenges facing the world in the next 30 years. I'd love to know what a Google-state would look like... I'm not sure I'd vote for it, but I'd rather Google than 10+ more years of Tory ideological austerity.