If anyone reads the same book I do, it's one of the most generous things, because so rarely is there people who have actually read the exact book I have. So, please update when you have got into it a little. Don't see why we can't have a quick book convo here
"Careless People" is one of my favorite literary quotes from Fitzgerald, it's one of those that I read as a kid, and later in life could actually understand what he was saying. Most of the wealthy and highly priviliged I meet, are exactly as that quote describes. And I have always used that as I navigated those circles.
-I am fascinated by the rise of girlboss/hustle culture
Lean In, not that it's bad, just what it represents in modern American cultural history
-I love reading what those places and meetings really look like
-I am fascinated by the rise of Facebook, around 2009, as someone who watched it from a distance and never got it, I remember it felt like a Revolution of progressive politics, even if it wasn't named always
-I mostly believe her, but at times she comes off as a little insufferable in some key scenes.
-I stayed with a friend of my Dad who has a house RIGHT NEXT to Zuckerberg's Hawaii compound, so I have actually seen this dudes house. Or one of them. But he no doubt changed the future of America. But, to see how fukking clueless some of them are, even about Facebook's own potential was wild.