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cover of episode A tech giant does its best Big Brother impersonation in 'The Every'

A tech giant does its best Big Brother impersonation in 'The Every'

2021/12/13
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Author Dave Eggars has written a new book, The Every, satirizing technology and it's ever-expanding hold on us. While publishing and distributing the book, which also happens to be about a tech giant overextending its reach, he tried to keep it out of the hands of one of today's tech giants. It proved to be a difficult task, Eggars told NPR's Audie Cornish, "...[it's] like taking not just the back roads but taking the dirt roads off the back roads off the highway."Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices)NPR Privacy Policy)