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MORE AWESOME THAN MONEY
Four Boys and Their Quest to Save the World from Facebook
The true, high-profile story of four computer nerds who tried to build a revolutionary online network based on privacy and control – the anti-Facebook. Theirs was a Silicon Valley story of David vs. Goliath—an epic attempt to take back the Internet—that ended not in a billion-dollar buy-out, but in tragedy.
Their idea was simple. Four NYU undergrads wanted to build a social network that would allow users to control their personal data, instead of surrendering it to big businesses like Facebook. They called it Diaspora. In days, they raised $200,000, and reporters, venture capitalists, and the digital community’s most legendary figures were soon monitoring their progress. Max dreamed of being a CEO. Ilya was the idealist. Dan coded like a pro, and Rafi tried to keep them all on track. But as the months passed and the money ran out, the Diaspora Four fell victim to errors, bad decisions, and their own hubris. In November 2011, Ilya committed suicide.
Diaspora has been tech news since day one, but the story reaches far beyond Silicon Valley to the now urgent issues about the future of the Internet. With the cooperation of the surviving partners, New York Times bestselling author Jim Dwyer tells a riveting story of four ambitious and naÏve young men who tried to rebottle the genie of personal privacy—and paid the ultimate price.
Jim Dwyer is a Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter who writes the “About New York” column for The New York Times. He has written or co-written six books, including 102 Minutes, which spent twelve weeks on the New York Times bestseller list.
Diaspora has been tech news since day one, but the story reaches far beyond Silicon Valley to the now urgent issues about the future of the Internet. With the cooperation of the surviving partners, New York Times bestselling author Jim Dwyer tells a riveting story of four ambitious and naÏve young men who tried to rebottle the genie of personal privacy—and paid the ultimate price.
Jim Dwyer is a Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter who writes the “About New York” column for The New York Times. He has written or co-written six books, including 102 Minutes, which spent twelve weeks on the New York Times bestseller list.
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Published 2014-10-16 by Viking |
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Published 2014-10-16 by Viking |