Week 14.1: Jarett Kobek, I Hate the Internet

Reading:
I Hate the Internet, 55-114


Study Questions:
1. For a novel that would seem primarily interested in technology (the internet, social media), I Hate the Internet is also surprisingly interested in the ways in which fiction influences capital. What are the ways in which literature and the realm of ideas influence Silicon Valley?

2. Why does Kobek insert the chapter about Ellen? What is it's function?