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# Move Fast and Break Things: How Facebook, Google, and Amazon Cornered Culture and Undermined Democracy Kindle Edition

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    A Deep Look into the Dark Side of Silicon Valley
  

*by C***E on Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2017*

Brilliant, convincing and an eye-opener for me. Like many people, I had been shocked to see Peter Thiele emerge as a strong Trump supporter and I thought he was an outlier in Silicon Valley. Well, it seems I was wrong, he is not an outlier at all. Jonathan Taplin makes a strong case that Thiele's position is far from unusual and in fact, it is depressing to read how really most tech entrepreneurs see themselves as Ayn Rand characters. Sad.All the more so that Ayn Rand is a poor writer, her characters are cliché, they say banal things and she, as an author, reflects a paranoia of Communism - totally understandable in her case, she was a refugee from the Soviet Union and I fully agree with her that the Soviet system was awful, despicable, immoral, dangerous - in short, a catastrophic form of totalitarianism, I've seen it up close, I lived twice in Soviet Russia, in the 1950s and and the 1970s, and I certainly can't think of a worse form of government. This said, her books are passé, they reflect an era that is no more. I've always been surprised to see young Americans going for her, to me, this is an aberration. Her depiction of capitalism and entrepreneurs is hopelessly romantic and unrealistic, in short totally fictional. But now that I've read Jonathan Taplin's book, I understand better what happened and why.Certainly this book depicts the dark side of Silicon Valley, and, as Taplin himself acknowledged, not everyone is in the grips of Ayn Rand's fictional world. But that many are is a matter for concern. And for anyone wishing to understand the mentality of tech entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley (and elsewhere) this is a must read. Highly recommended.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    EXPOSED, " MUSICAL / LITERARY , Piracy"
  

*by C***N on Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2017*

Being a " Contemporary" of Taplin's Rock and Roll " Journey" , a Drummer, Manager,I was both saddened and shocked by Taplin's " Exposure " of the " NEW World "of Musical / Literary Piracy, being perpertrated on an unsuspecting Public." Move Fast and Break Things" is an important book for all those out there,that realise , " One , cannot ACT, until One is INFORMED".THIS BOOK, acts as a " Beacon" to free thinking people who believe , There are ALTERNATIVES.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Most important book yet about technology and politics today
  

*by R***E on Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2017*

"Move Fast and Break Things" is the most important book yet about the tragic consequences of monopoly power in the internet.  Google, Facebook and Amazon have done wonderful things, but by a combination of design and unintended consequences, they have caused great harm to the creative arts, our culture and (in the case of Google and Facebook) our politics.I have been a professional tech investor for 35 years. My first investments in Google, Amazon, and Facebook happened when they were tiny private companies.  I don't think these companies intended to do harm, but it never occurred to them to take appropriate steps to prevent harm.  The result was disastrous.  Jonathan Taplin explains it all.  If you care about technology or politics, this book is a must read.

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