{"product_id":"users-9781593767693","title":"Users","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMarrying the philosophical absurdities of life, technology, start-up culture, and family, \u003ci\u003eUsers\u003c\/i\u003e is for readers of Ling Ma, Dave Eggers's \u003ci\u003eThe Circle\u003c\/i\u003e, and viewers of the hit Apple TV+ original series \u003ci\u003eSeverance\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMiles, a lead creative at a midsize virtual reality company known for its \"original experiences,\" has engineered a new product called The Ghost Lover. Wildly popular from the outset, the \"game\" is simple: a user's simulated life is almost identical to their reality, except they're haunted by the ghost of an ex-lover. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHowever, when a shift in the company's strategic vision puts The Ghost Lover at the center of a platform-wide controversy, Miles becomes the target of user outrage, and starts receiving a series of anonymous death threats. Typed notes sealed in envelopes with no postage or return address, these persistent threats push Miles into a paranoid panic, blurring his own sense of reality, catalyzing the collapse of his career, his marriage, and his relationship with his children. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe once-promising road to success becomes a narrow set of choices for Miles, who, in a last ditch effort to save his job, pitches his masterpiece, a revolutionary device code-named the Egg, which will transform the company. The consequences for Miles seal him inside the walls of his life as what was once anxiety explodes into devastating absoluteness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a world rife with the unchecked power and ambition of tech, \u003ci\u003eUsers\u003c\/i\u003e investigates--with both humor and creeping dread--how interpersonal experiences and private decisions influence the hasty developments that have the power to permanently alter the landscape of human experience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Soft Skull\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/19\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781593767693\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Colin Winnette","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43544269160629,"sku":"9781593767693","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_1ede8702-5469-4d30-bf8d-0f111a4a1bff.jpg?v=1706120821","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/users-9781593767693","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}