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Tinners Hare (Hardcover)
Dan Lyons, Fiona rose
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Dan Lyons was Technology Editor at Newsweek Magazine for years, a
magazine writer at the top of his profession. One Friday morning he
received a phone call: his job no longer existed. Fifty years old
and with a wife and two young kids, Dan was unemployed and facing
financial oblivion. Then an idea hit. Dan had long reported on
Silicon Valley and the tech explosion. Why not join it? HubSpot, a
Boston start-up, was flush with $100 million in venture capital.
They offered Dan a pile of stock options for the nebulous role of
"marketing fellow." What could possibly go wrong? What follows is a
hilarious and excoriating account of Dan's time at the start-up and
a revealing window onto the dysfunctional culture that prevails in
a world flush with cash and devoid of experience. Filled with
stories of meaningless jargon, teddy bears at meetings, push-up
competitions and all-night parties, this uproarious tale is also a
trenchant analysis of the dysfunctional start-up world, a de facto
conspiracy between those who start companies and those who fund
them. It is a world where bad ideas are rewarded with hefty
investments, where companies blow money lavishing perks on their
post-collegiate workforces, and where everybody is trying to hang
on just long enough to cash out with a fortune.
Guardian's Best Non-Fiction, 2019 The Tablet's Highlights of 2019
Personality tests. Team-building exercises. Forced Fun. Desktop
surveillance. Open-plan offices. Acronyms. Diminishing job
security. Hot desking. Pointless perks. Hackathons. If any of the
above sound familiar, welcome to the modern economy. In this
hilarious, but deadly serious book, bestselling author Dan Lyons
looks at how the world of work has slowly morphed from one of
unions and steady career progression to a dystopia made of bean
bags and unpaid internships. And that's the 'good' jobs... With the
same wit that made Disrupted an international bestseller, Lyons
shows how the hypocrisy of Silicon Valley has now been exported
globally to a job near you. Even low-grade employees are now
expected to view their jobs with a cult-like fervour, despite
diminishing prospects of promotion. From the gig economy to the new
digital oligarchs, Lyons deliciously roasts the new work climate,
while asking what can be done to recoup some sanity and dignity for
the expanding class of middle-class serfs.
The reality of animal experimentation and its regulation in Britain
have been hidden behind a curtain of secrecy since its emergence as
a political controversy in the 1870s. Public debate and political
science alike have been severely hampered by a profound lack of
reliable information about the practice. In this remarkable study,
Dan Lyons advances and applies policy network analysis to
investigate the evolution of British animal research policy-making.
The reality of animal experimentation and its regulation in Britain
have been hidden behind a curtain of secrecy since its emergence as
a political controversy in the 1870s. Public debate and political
science alike have been severely hampered by a profound lack of
reliable information about the practice. In this remarkable study,
Dan Lyons advances and applies policy network analysis to
investigate the evolution of British animal research policy-making.
Would our lives, relationships and careers be better if we just
STFU for a while? We live in a world that doesn't just encourage
overtalking, but practically demands it. When success is measured
by how much attention we can attract, how long we can hold on to
the mic, it's no wonder that we feel compelled to spout endlessly
on Twitter, to document every detail of our lives on Instagram,
start that podcast, or lead that conference. And yet, oddly enough,
the most powerful and accomplished people in the world aren't part
of that chorus-they're reserved, they listen, and when they do
speak they're considered. Tim Cook, President Obama, the late
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg all have seemed to
understand the secret golden rule: talk less, get more. There are
entire industries designed to help us amplify our voices, experts
who are just dying to coach us on how to talk better, but nobody is
teaching us how to STFU for a while. Former Forbes journalist Dan
Lyons takes us on a sharp, funny, fascinating deep dive through our
incessant noise-making - talking to communications experts,
neuroscientists, psychiatrists and Silicon Valley executive coaches
the world over to understand the science and culture behind why we
can't stop talking, and how ultimately we can learn to speak less -
and with more intention - to improve our lives.
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