“Epstein [Jeffrey], who infamously had his own island, was a consummate example of a member of the cognitive elite, a man who moved with ease through networks of money and power. In Epstein, Thiel found both an investor and an ideological soulmate.” – Gil Durán
Continue reading The Nerd Reich – Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy (Gil Durán):
“Silicon Valley engineers long ago stopped programming computers and became instead programmers of human behaviour. From that moment when we decided to make social media the global interface of our relationship with reality, we put ourselves in their hands. And in the hands of everyone, from influencers to spin doctors, who’s interest is served by the overheating of the social climate.”
Continue reading The Hour of the Predator – Encounters with the Autocrats and Tech Billionaires Taking Over the World (Giuliano da Empoli):
“They are interested in replacing our current reality – an imperfect economic system – with something far more opaque, concentrated, and unaccountable, which they will control.”
Continue reading The End of Reality – How 4 Billionaires are Selling a Fantasy Future of the Metaverse, Mars, and Crypto (Jonathan Taplin):