AI Book Club recording, notes, and transcript for Sarah Wynn-Williams's Careless People

This is a recording of our AI Book Club discussion of Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism by Sarah Wynn-Williams, held February 15, 2026. Our discussion touches on a variety of topics, including whether criticisms of the author's complicity are fair, the ethical dilemmas we face working in tech, whether the parallels between social media and AI hold up, the Streisand effect of Meta's attempt to suppress the book, and more. This post also includes discussion questions, key themes, and a full transcript.

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AI Book Club recording, notes, and transcript for Sarah Wynn-Williams's Careless People is an episode from I'd Rather Be Writing Podcast by Tom Johnson.

This episode is 53:38 long.

This episode was published on Feb 16, 2026.

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