Analysis Of The Circle By Dave Eggers

Computers are a wondrous invention. From their very infancy in World War II, they have enabled man to defeat his fellow man in cryptographic war, they have been used to sequence the human genome and so many previously impossible things. However, we are entering an age where computers and technology have become almost indistinguishable from our everyday lives in a myriad of forms like Facebook ,Snapchat, and Instagram, and we must, as a culture, make a decision on how far we are willing to let technology and those who wield it enter our lives. The Circle by Dave Eggers is a poignant warning of the possible dangers of technology and power gone rampant. The novel concerns an extremely influential internet search corporation known as The Circle whose de facto monopoly on internet searches and online advertising has granted them tremendous wealth and power over governments, companies and public opinion .
Dave Eggers clearly broadcasts throughout the novel his mistrust of intrusive technology and those who would use metadata
It is up to the people to decide how far down the rabbit hole we will travel with social media technology, and how far we are willing to let surveillance technology and those who wield it enter our lives, before it is realized that we have lost a key part of the human experience that may truly never be recovered, if a world like the one Dave Eggers envisions, where the vast majority of people submit to The Circle’s absolute control over their lives without question simply because they have provided a convenient