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How Silicon Valley Has 'Made Work Miserable For The Rest Of Us'

FILE - In this Dec. 4, 2017, file photo, people walk by the the Google office building on Ninth Avenue in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
FILE - In this Dec. 4, 2017, file photo, people walk by the the Google office building on Ninth Avenue in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

With Meghna Chakrabarti

Writer Dan Lyons says Silicon Valley values are spreading us across the country and have made a lot of folks unhappy and stressed at work. He writes about it in his book “Lab Rats.”

Guest

Dan Lyons, author of “Lab Rats: How Silicon Valley Made Work Miserable for the Rest of Us.” (@realdanlyons)

Aniyia Williams, co-founder of Zebras Unite, an organization that calls for a more ethical and inclusive movement to counter existing start-up and venture capital culture. Executive director of Black & Brown Founders. Founder and CEO of Tinsel, a fashion tech company. (@operaqueenie)

From The Reading List

Excerpt from “Lab Rats” by Dan Lyons

Excerpted from LAB RATS by Dan Lyons. Copyright © 2018 Dan Lyons, courtesy of Hachette Books.

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