Dave Eggers’ 2013 novel follows protagonist Mae Holland as she receives her first real-world job at a powerful internet company called The Circle. The Circle, founded and ran by the Three Wise Men, distinguishes itself from other web companies by combining all of one’s online accounts into one, singular online identity. Where before, people kept different accounts for various social media, for business interactions, for emails, and for other intrapersonal communications, The Circle combines each into one site called TruYou. However, functioning as more than a website, The Circle strives for complete and total transparency within business, within government, and even within people’s personal lives. The Circle installs hundreds of thousands