{"product_id":"careless-people-sarah-wynn-williams-9781250391230","title":"Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism | Sarah Wynn-Williams","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: inherit; color: #333; line-height: 1.6;\"\u003e\n  \u003csection style=\"margin-bottom: 25px;\"\u003e\n    \u003cp style=\"font-size: 1.1em; font-weight: 500; margin-bottom: 20px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2c3e50;\"\u003eA #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller and one of the most talked-about memoirs of the year. In \u003cstrong\u003eCareless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism\u003c\/strong\u003e, former Director of Global Public Policy \u003cstrong\u003eSarah Wynn-Williams\u003c\/strong\u003e delivers a searing, front-row account of Facebook (now Meta)—exposing the executive decisions, corporate culture, and geopolitical fallout that shaped global events over the past decade.\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \n    \u003ch2 style=\"color: #2c3e50; font-size: 1.5em; border-bottom: 1px solid #eaeaea; padding-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 20px;\"\u003eBook Overview \u0026amp; Core Themes\u003c\/h2\u003e\n    \u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\"\u003eDrawing on her background as a New Zealand diplomat in Washington, D.C., Sarah Wynn-Williams pitched her way into Silicon Valley to direct global public policy initiatives at Facebook. Over the course of more than a decade, she witnessed the company's escalation from an idealistically charged tech giant into a global empire whose decisions rippled across world governments, elections, and human rights crises. In a sharp, disarming, and often darkly absurd narrative, Wynn-Williams details high-level encounters with world leaders, private jet diplomacy, internal content moderation battles, and the personal cost of navigating workplace double standards and corporate pressure. \u003cem\u003eCareless People\u003c\/em\u003e provides an unflinching look at executive insularity, showing how the pursuit of rapid growth and algorithmic engagement displaced corporate accountability.\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\"\u003eKey areas examined within this work include:\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003cul style=\"padding-left: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px;\"\u003e\n      \u003cli style=\"margin-bottom: 6px;\"\u003eInside access to Facebook's global public policy strategy, election integrity protocols, and international regulatory diplomacy.\u003c\/li\u003e\n      \u003cli style=\"margin-bottom: 6px;\"\u003eExecutive decision-making during pivotal geopolitical events and platform policy crises.\u003c\/li\u003e\n      \u003cli style=\"margin-bottom: 6px;\"\u003eBehind-the-scenes corporate governance, internal power dynamics, and gender double standards in Big Tech leadership.\u003c\/li\u003e\n      \u003cli style=\"margin-bottom: 6px;\"\u003eThe broader societal consequences when unfettered platform expansion operates without systemic oversight.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003c\/ul\u003e\n  \u003c\/section\u003e\n\n  \u003csection style=\"margin-bottom: 25px;\"\u003e\n    \u003ch2 style=\"color: #2c3e50; font-size: 1.5em; border-bottom: 1px solid #eaeaea; padding-bottom: 5px;\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h2\u003e\n    \u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSarah Wynn-Williams\u003c\/strong\u003e is a foreign policy specialist, lawyer, author, and former tech executive. Prior to her career in technology, she served as a diplomat for New Zealand in Washington, D.C. She subsequently spent over ten years directing global public policy for Facebook, leading international policy initiatives across multiple continents. 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