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With Mike Isaac (Reporter, NY Times) & Jia Tolentino (Staff Writer, The New Yorker).
Judson Memorial Church, 55 Washington Square S
Sep 20 (Fri) , 2019 @ 07:00 PM
$30
 
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Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber, by Mike Isaac,reveals how blind worship of startup founders can go wildly wrong-a cautionary tale that ends in spectacular disaster. JoinNew York Timestechnology correspondentMike IsaacandNew Yorkerstaff writerJia Tolentino(author ofTrick Mirror) as they unpack the rise & fall of Uber, set against an era of rapid upheaval in Silicon Valley.Filled with toxic corporate culture, spying, backbiting, & litigiousness,Super Pumpedis a page-turning story of ambition & deception, obscene wealth, & bad behavior that explores how blistering technological & financial innovation culminated in one of the most catastrophic twelve-month periods in American corporate history.
Mike Isaac is a technology reporter at the New York Times whose Uber coverage won the Gerald Loeb Award for distinguished business reporting.He writes frequently about Uber, Facebook, & other Silicon Valley giants for the Times, & appears often on CNBC & MSNBC.He lives in San Francisco.
Jia Tolentinois a staff writer atThe New Yorker. Raised in Texas, she studied at the University of Virginia before serving in Kyrgyzstan in the Peace Corps & receiving her MFA in fiction from the University of Michigan. She was a contributing editor atThe Hairpinand the deputy editor atJezebel, & her work has appeared inThe New York Times Magazine, Grantland,Pitchfork, & other publications. She lives in Brooklyn.

Ticketed event. Discussion will be followed by audience questions. Copies ofSuper PumpedandTrick Mirrorwill be available for purchase
 
 
 
 
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