Dave Eggers
Dave Eggers\u2019 books include A Hologram for the King, What is the What, and many more since his breakout memoir in the year 2000, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. He\u2019s written a new novel, called The Every. It\u2019s follow up to his 2013 book The Circle, and both take a very skeptical view of technology\u2019s impact not only on our daily lives, but our capacity for focus and empathy.
\n\nOn September 23, 2021, Eggers talked to Tom Barbash about the problems with big tech and about social media\u2019s addictive and destructive algorithms - and the disappointment he feels when an adult friend or colleague resorts to an emoji to express a serious emotion.