Participation is paramount, for example, and by letting others share your life and knowledge, you're bound to get something rewarding back. Still, Mae makes the best of the situation and puts her faith into the benefits of unconditional openness, and other such values drilled into the Circle's workers every day. "The Circle" is available in German on August 14 At this point in the story, it dawns on the reader that something isn't quite right. All the information is secured safely in the company's cloud, protected by passwords generated by Circle computers. When Mae arrives at work on her first day, all her data - music, photos, messages - is copied from her laptop and smart phone onto the company's devices, which she'll be using from then on. Even the building itself is made of glass. When the novel begins, young Mae believes she has found the job of her dreams at the hip company, which has a number of catchy slogans, including "Secrets are lies, "Privacy is theft," and "Don't be evil." At first, Mae is almost overwhelmed by the elaborately-designed company philosophy, which demands unconditional transparency. But to Dave Eggers' protagonist, Mae Holland, it all seems wonderful - at least at first. It is the largest Internet player in the world, and its power reaches far into the private lives of the population. Google, Facebook and Apple are small fry compared to the Circle - an Internet giant, which is a search engine, social network and hardware manufacturer all rolled into one.
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