Power, Ambition and Corporate Carelessness

Careless People turns Sarah Wynn-Williams’s seven years inside Facebook’s global policy operation into a darkly comic account of ambition, disillusionment and institutional power. She enters the company believing its technology can connect and improve the world, then watches that idealism collide with an executive culture shaped by expansion, political access and limited accountability.

Her firsthand stories move between meetings with global leaders, internal responses to elections and violence, and the relentless demands placed on employees. Wynn-Williams writes with incredulity and sharp humor, giving the corporate exposé the pace and intimacy of a personal memoir.

The book is a disturbing portrait of how consequential decisions can emerge from ordinary offices, private rivalries and leaders insulated from the effects of their choices.

From Insider Memoir to Public Reckoning

Careless People became a major publishing event after Meta obtained an arbitration ruling restricting Wynn-Williams from promoting it, drawing greater attention to the book’s allegations.

It reached No. 1 on The New York Times bestseller list and helped propel its author into U.S. Senate testimony concerning Meta’s efforts to enter China.

The book’s broader impact comes from connecting workplace culture with global consequences, offering readers a personal account of how technology companies exercise political power and how aggressively powerful institutions can respond when former insiders speak publicly.