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In 2013 Dave Eggers published his book The Circle, a dystopian novel revolving around issues of surveillance and privacy. In 2017 a Hollywood movie based on the book, but with changes to some key features in the story, was released. While the book got mixed but overall, somewhat positive reviews the movie got largely negative reviews. Some of the reviews, of both the book and the movie, criticized The Circle’s simplistic and even crude depiction of technology and its negative effects on society. On the other hand, some surveillance and privacy scholars see much value in the book, the dynamics it depicts, and the way it problematizes surveillance and technology. In this video I want to analyze The Circle’s depiction of how the logic and practices of big tech companies affect society, and to comment on which parts I think are solid and which are less so.