<p>As of today, <a href="https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/you-deserve-a-tech-union-launch/"><cite>You Deserve a Tech Union</cite></a> has been out for three weeks. Three whole weeks, and each of them has been a blur<span class="w"> —</span> and if I’m honest, they’ve been <em>overwhelming</em> blurs. People have <a href="https://wandering.shop/@hupfen/110912814090132604">shared</a> <a href="https://phire.place/@phire/110945717865649801">pictures</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@al/110939467749502553">of the book</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@tommyp/110928111325296123">when their copies arrive</a>; they’ve shared <a href="https://jawns.club/@travissouthard/110944772205496061">highlights they enjoyed</a> on social media; heck, folks are posting <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7103863700188471296/">their thoughts</a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7100796826353635328/">about the book</a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7104518700380172288/">on LinkedIn</a>, which I am delighted and surprised by.</p> <p>I’m also incredibly touched by the people who took the time to honest-to-merholz <em>blog</em> about the book. Here are a few recent favorites:</p> <blockquote> <p>There is a widely held notion that tech workers are somehow different than workers in other industries. There’s the idea that the tech industry is made up of individual stars and success comes from an individual’s merit. This book throws all of that out the window.</p> <footer><a href="https://brokenintuition.com/posts/youdeserveatech_union/">Matt Owens’ review of <cite>You Deserve a Tech Union</cite></a></footer> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p>You Deserve a Tech Union is a very well-researched, clearly expressed, eminently practical, and undeniably powerful call to harness the collective power of digital technology workers to protect not only themselves but the world and its future.</p> <p>Highly recommended.</p> <footer><a href="https://onsman.com/you-deserve-a-tech-union-by-ethan-marcotte/">Ricky Onsman’s review of <cite>You Deserve a Tech Union</cite></a></footer> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p>When Ethan writes “The machine comes for me, and for thee” it’s telling tech workers that we can either chase individual survival, or we can act in solidarity in search of mutual flourishing. I’m so glad that this book exists.</p> <footer><a href="https://www.markllobrera.com/reading/you-deserve-a-tech-union/">Mark Llobrera’s review of <cite>You Deserve a Tech Union</cite></a></footer> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/you-deserve-a-tech-union-launch/">I said it before</a>, but I meant it: I can’t believe the book is out there in the world. If it’s finding an audience, it’s because of folks like you<span class="w"> —</span> people who wrote about it, who shared photos online, who mentioned it to a friend or coworker. If any of that sounds like you, well:</p> <p>Thank you. Truly, thank you. I’m so glad you liked the book; I hope it’s helpful to you.</p>
<hr /> <p>This has been “<a href="https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/three-weeks/">Three weeks.</a>” a post from <a href="https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/">Ethan’s journal.</a></p> <p><a href="mailto:listener+rss@ethanmarcotte.com?subject=Reply%20to:%20“Three weeks.”">Reply via email</a></p>