Don't Be Evil

“Don’t Be Evil takes us through Claire Stapleton’s disillusionment with a company that claimed to champion progressive and utopian values, but ultimately put profit and power above all else. This book is an absolute must-read for anyone interested not just in big tech, but in what it takes to not lose your soul in modern-day America. I loved it.” — Naomi Fry, staff writer at The New Yorker”There’s a reason Claire was a beloved icon at Google, before the worm turned and rot of the business model spread too visibly. She writes with frankness, clarity, and deep attentiveness to what’s actually in play, backed by a cool woman’s unwillingness to navigate bullshit quietly. How fucking refreshing. I devoured Don’t Be Evil—the read is so exact I had to stop and gasp. A gorgeous historical document, delivered with a warm, relatable voice and impeccable humor. This book is the diary of a real one, at a critical moment, and I can’t recommend it highly enough!” — Meredith Whittaker, president of the Signal Foundation”Don’t Be Evil is enraging, galvanizing, and illuminating. Claire Stapleton tells her own story, and the story of Big Tech’s rapacious pursuit of power, with stunning bravery, wit and clarity. Every manager, employee, HR exec, journalist, C-suite bro, and starry-eyed young graduate entering the workforce should read this book.” — Laurie Woolever, author of Care and Feeding: A Memoir and Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography”Don’t Be Evil is a corporate memoir told with a singular voice, written by someone who literally was Google’s corporate voice. Claire takes us along for her journey from the company’s internal monologue to a righteous labor organizer. Candid and hilarious, she writes against the glossy AI-pilled grain of girlbosses and Silicon Valley go-getters alike.” — Dr. Alex Hanna, co-author of The AI Con”Beautifully written and searingly honest … Don’t Be Evil offers a psychological map of our bewitchment by tech. The obtuseness, greed, cruelty, and dishonesty at the heart of the corporation is documented with forensic precision.” — Catherine Liu, author of Virtue Hoarders: The Case against the Professional Managerial Class“Eye opening … Don’t Be Evil is a blunt account of one woman’s trans­formation from eager-to-please corporate striver to clear-eyed activist. It well earns its place alongside other recent accounts of the misdeeds of Big Tech like Sarah Wynn-Williams’ Careless People and Anna Wiener’s Uncanny Valley.” — BookPage, starred review”Sharp… The author’s blend of righteousness and gallows humor will resonate with readers who are disenchanted with big tech or their own high-pressure work environments. This stings.” — Publishers Weekly”A witty, razor-sharp exposé [of Google] from the ultimate insider—a true believer who lived it, loved it, and finally saw through it.” — Kirkus Reviews“[Stapleton is] a charismatic, witty storyteller with a remarkable ear for the darkly comical cringe, Silicon Valley’s forte.” — Mark Bergen, Bloomberg News

Claire Stapleton is a writer, communications consultant, and tech labor activist. She lives with her family in Brooklyn.

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