Trampled by Unicorns

Big Tech's Empathy Problem and How to Fix It

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

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A Wall Street Journal BestsellerAn insider’s revealing and in-depth examination of Big Tech’s failure to keep its foundational promises and the steps the industry can take to course-correct in order to make a positive impact on the world.Trampled by Unicorns: Big Tech’s Empathy Problem and How to Fix It explores how technology has progressed humanity’s most noble pursuits, while also grappling with the origins of the industry’s destructive empathy deficit and the practical measures Big Tech can take to self-regulate and make it right again. Author Maëlle Gavet examines the tendency for many of Big Tech’s stars to stray from their user-first ideals and make products that actually profoundly damage their customers and ultimately society.Offering an account of the world of tech startups in the United States and Europe—from Amazon, Google, and Facebook to Twitter, Airbnb, and Uber (to name a few)—Trampled by Unicorns argues that the causes and consequences of Big Tech’s failures originate from four main sources: the Valley’s cultural insularity, the hyper-growth business model, the sector’s stunning lack of diversity, and a dangerous self-sustaining ecosystem. However, the book is not just an account of how an industry came off the rails, but also a passionate call to action on how to get it back on track.Gavet, a leading technology executive and former CEO of Ozon, an executive vice president at Priceline Group, and chief operating officer of Compass, formulates a clear call to action for industry leaders, board members, employees, and consumers/users to drive the change necessary to create better, more sustainable businesses—and the steps Western governments are likely to take should tech leaders fail to do so. Steps that include reformed tax codes, reclassification of platforms as information companies, new labor laws, and algorithmic transparency and oversight.Trampled by Unicorns’ exploration of the promise and dangers of technology is perfect for anyone with an interest in entrepreneurship, tech, and global commerce, and a hope of technology’s all-empowering prospect. An illuminating book full of insights, Trampled by Unicorns describes a realistic path forward, even as it uncovers and explains the errors of the past. As Gavet puts it, “we don’t need less tech, we need more empathetic tech.” And how that crucial distinction can be achieved by the tech companies themselves, driving change as governments actively pave the road ahead.

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Utgivningsdatum2020-10-09
Mått160 x 231 x 25 mm
Vikt408 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor224
FörlagJohn Wiley & Sons Inc
ISBN9781119730644

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MAËLLE GAVET has been named one of Fortune's 40 under 40, a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, one of the Most Creative People in Business by??Fast Company and was on Time magazine's list of the 25 Top 'Female Techpreneurs'. She has been a senior executive at numerous large tech companies around the world, including the Priceline Group (OpenTable, Kayak,??Booking.com) and Compass. She was also a Principal at the Boston Consulting Group for 6 years.

Introduction 1Part One Monsters of ScaleChapter 1 Making the World a Better Place 7Tech as Driver of Economic and Social Progress 7Hidden Effects 10Chapter 2 Culture Bubble 13“What Do Engineers Know About the World!” 16“Steve Jobs Didn’t Build Apple by Being Humble and Caring About People” 19Chapter 3 Emerald Cities 23“Landlords Pounding on the Door” 25“We Know Our Responsibility to Help Starts at Home” 28“Shockingly Poor Value for Taxpayers” 29Chapter 4 The New Feudalism 35The Human Impact of Tech Disruption 35“They Do a Lot More Revenue with a Lot Fewer People” 39$1.42 per Hour 41Chapter 5 Anti-Social Networks 43Undermining Facts and Science 44Democracy Under Attack 47Unrelenting Hate 50“When She Showed Me the Messages, I Just Felt Sick” 53“#NewZealandmosqueattack” 54“The Ugly” 57YouTube Recommended Alex Jones 15 Billion Times 58Section 230 60“You’re Arguing About Whether the Baby’s Dead” 61“I’m Going to Show You More Car Crashes” 65Chapter 6 Venture Capital and the Holy Grail of Scale 67The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly 69“It’s All About Scale” 70“You Don’t Scale Fast If You Try to Get Everything Perfect” 72FOMO 73Harvard or Stanford? 74A New Investor Class? 76Chapter 7 Psychos of the Valley 79A Grandiose Sense of Self-Worth and Poor Behavioral Controls 81Shallow Affect (Superficial Emotional Responses) 83Pathological Lying 85A Lack of Remorse or Guilt and a Failure to Accept Responsibility for One’s Own Actions 86Callousness and Lack of Empathy 87Juvenile Delinquency 88Chapter 8 Between Scylla and Charybdis: What Happens If We Do Nothing 91The Orwell Scenario 92The Huxley Scenario 96Part Two Fixing the Chaos Factory Chapter 9 We Should All Be Chief Empathy Officer 105What Does an Empathetic Company Look Like? 1071. People 1082. Decision-Making Processes 1143. Business Model and Economics 119Chapter 10 A Multiplayer Game: Corporate Governance in Tech 1211. Investors 1212. Boards and Shareholders 1223. Stock Exchanges 1254. Investment Bankers and Proxy Advisors 1265. Industry Bodies 127Chapter 11 Breaking Up Big Tech? 129Big Tech’s Anticompetitive Behavior 130The Anti-Antitrust Cocktail 132Reinvigorating Antitrust 133Zuckerberg’s Pushback (And Where He’sWrong) 139Antitrust Is Not a Universal Tool 143Chapter 12 Tax, Privacy, and Other Running Sores 145Implementing Fair and Equitable Taxation 146Modernizing Employment and Labor Protections 151Protecting Privacy and Rethinking Data Ownership 153Fighting for the Preservation of Facts and Civil Discourse 158Setting Standards for Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, and Facial Recognition 166Chapter 13 Big Tech Broke the News Media: What’s Next? 173“Sign a Big Check, Then Get Out of theWay” 174Facebook and Google Are New Versions of Media Companies 177News Organizations Need More Than Ever to Keep Big Tech Accountable 178Chapter 14 People Power 181Epilogue: A Manifesto for Change 185Acknowledgments 191About the Author 193Index 195