The book details Wiener's decision to quit her job as a freelance copy editor and literary agency assistant in New York in order to move to Silicon Valley in San Francisco.

[3] She employed the same descriptive strategy when referencing other technology companies, and other organizations with connections to Silicon Valley and tech generally, such as Stanford University.

[5] The New York Times′ Lauren Oyler described Wiener as "far from seeking to disabuse civic-minded techno-skeptics of our views [...] she is here to fill out our worst-case scenarios with shrewd insight and literary detail.

"[6] Wired′s Jason Kehe called Wiener "a master of the descriptive arts", a writer of "immaculate sentences", and said the book was "a dishy, readable account" of working in Silicon Valley.

The review also critiqued Wiener for "never [resolving] the self-contradictions of her industry, city, or existence" and the book for having "foundational wobble.