The glossy veneer of the tech industry conceals a raw, human reality that spans the globe. From the outskirts of Nairobi to the crowded apartments of Manila, from Syrian refugee communities in Lebanon to the immigrant communities in Germany and the call centers of Casablanca, a vast network of unseen workers power our digital world. The stories of ... See more

It is no coincidence, I think, that the poorest members of my family are those who still live in India. They are not dirt poor; they work, they eat, and they even manage to accumulate some money. Bharati's brother had told us, for example, that after two decades of working for a chemical factory, he was glad to have saved up enough to pay for the w

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