Working at Google from 2007-09 to 2026-10 gave me a first-row seat to see it gradually become corrupted

A Goodreads reviewer who spent nineteen years at Google, leaving this month, says the book's diagnosis matches what he watched happen from the inside. He walks through what he takes to be its four main contributions by chapter — organizations as systems more powerful than individuals, naming financial gravity, redefining profit as human flourishing, and steward ownership generalized into spiritual holding companies.

“I had been thinking about this topic for a long time. Working at Google from 2007-09 to 2026-10 gave me a first-row seat to see it gradually become corrupted —for example, start taking more and more questionable decisions based on short-term gains. The ideas in this book resonated strongly with me.” — Alejandro's Goodreads review