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Recode Decode: Anna Wiener

Decoder with Nilay Patel

Vox Media Podcast Network

Technology, Business

4.33.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2020

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Anna Wiener, a contributing writer for the New Yorker and the author of the new book Uncanny Valley: A Memoir, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about why she left an old industry — book publishing — to work in tech, the "intoxicating" start to her new career, and how her views on tech culture changed over time. Wiener also discusses the problems that people in the industry won’t talk about; why she doesn't agree with reviews that paint her book as a polemic; and how Silicon Valley incorrectly came to see it as the victim. Plus: The insane baby-themed party Kara and Gavin Newsom attended, which was not a sex party. Click here to read a full transcript of this interview. Featuring: Anna Wiener (@annawiener), author, Uncanny Valley: A Memoir Host: Kara Swisher (@karaswisher), Recode co-founder and editor-at-large More to explore: Subscribe for free to Reset, Recode's new podcast that explores why — and how — tech is changing everything. About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and changing us. Follow Us: Newsletter: Recode Daily Twitter: @Recode and @voxdotcom Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

When you drive a Chevy electric vehicle, you're getting more than a way to get from point A to point B.

0:06.0

You're saying goodbye to gas stations and how low to open roads.

0:09.0

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0:17.0

Chevy is making EVs for everyone, everywhere. Go to chevrelay.com slash electric to learn more.

0:25.0

I'm Gideon Litchfield. I'm the editor-in-chief of Wired.

0:30.0

And I'm Lauren Good. I'm a senior writer at Wired.

0:33.0

We're making a new show. Have a nice future.

0:37.0

I'm more have a nice future, question mark.

0:40.0

It's a show that is honest about how unsettling the future can be.

0:44.0

We're going to be bringing on the people shaping this future.

0:49.0

We're going to ask them about the big challenges we face about the challenges they're creating and how they deal with living in perpetual uncertainty as we all do.

0:57.0

So make sure you follow Have a Nice Future, wherever you get your podcasts.

1:03.0

Hi, I'm Cara Swisher, editor-at-large of Recode.

1:06.0

You may know me as someone who loves the culture in Silicon Valley almost as much as I love the culture at Mar-a-Lago.

1:12.0

But in my spare time, I'm just a reporter and you're listening to Recode Decode, a podcast about power change and the people you need to know around tech and beyond were part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.

1:21.0

And by the way, Eric, that was an excellent one today for this guest.

1:24.0

Today in the red chair is Anna Weiner, a contributing writer to the New Yorker who covers Silicon Valley, startup culture and technology.

1:31.0

She's also author of a new book that's getting a lot of great reviews called Uncanny Valley, a memoir, Anna, welcome to Recode Decode.

1:38.0

Thank you, Karen.

1:39.0

So we were introduced by Casey Newton who just loves you and loves what you're with your book and everything else about what you do.

1:45.0

But it's such a good introduction by Casey.

1:47.0

Exploring to people who you are, you're getting amazing reviews for this book.

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