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Satirising Silicon Valley

Dave Eggers wrote novel The Circle to present a 'worst case scenario' about technology

Silicon Valley is the place that gave birth to what for a long time looked like a Utopian dream - a promise to connect the world and to give everyone equal and free access to information.

But what about the dystopian side of this dream?

Author Dave Eggers wrote The Circle to present a 'worse case scenario' about technology. He spoke to Nick Robinson about the potential cost to our privacy of this tech revolution.

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