Point of View: Coming full circle

Molly Flatt

This article talks about the self-correcting nature of the internet, in terms of social media. As established social media platforms become over-commercialised and home to consumer and corporate over-sharing, a new generation of platforms have been created.

Point of View: Coming full circle

Molly Flatt1000heads

Last week, I took seven days' holiday, in a remote cottage on the Suffolk coast. There was no phone signal. I switched off the WiFi. I cooked some locally caught fish. Then I sat in front of the log burner and read The Circle, Dave Eggers' controversial Google satire.

Eggers is a star of contemporary American fiction and, like his equally talented peer Jonathan Franzen, a deep sceptic of 'technoconsumerism'. His novel is a bit clunky, but it makes brilliant, albeit painfully resonant, reading for anyone who works in...

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