Tech’s Psychotic Break: ‘Fentanyl Capitalism’ Bets on Trump

Silicon Valley promises that technology will save us. But what if the financial system powering that dream is actually poisoning everything it touches? In this episode of the Nerd Reich podcast, I talk with Catherine Bracy, author of World Eaters: How Venture Capital is Cannibalizing the Economy, about how venture

JD Vance tech donor group, Rockbridge, seeks ‘aristocracy’

Tomorrow morning, we’ll release the latest episode of the Nerd Reich podcast—an episode focused on how the venture capital model is warping US politics. Today, I wanted to share a gift link to this must-read Washington Post story. Reporter Elizabeth Dwoskin takes a deep dive on Rockbridge, a

Paulina Borsook Saw Tech Fascism Coming

"Cyberselfish" author interviewed on Nerd Reich podcast

Andreessen VC Pushes ‘American Dynamism’ Agenda

Last February, I wrote about Katherine Boyle, a venture capitalist pushing extreme anti-government ideas. Boyle, a partner at Andreessen Horowitz, had delivered a speech in which she defined government as an enemy of the family. She supported her thesis by pointing out that Jesus Christ had been executed by the

Project 2025, Silicon Valley & Tech’s AI War on Democracy

Adam Becker, Brooke Harrington, and I Answer Your Questions tech extremist politics

Garry Tan Called Me a ‘Parasite.’ Now I'm in a Book

Yesterday, I received my copy of Gilded Rage: Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley. The new book by journalist Jacob Silverman tells how Musk and his fellow tech billionaires became right-wing zealots, teaming up with Trump in a project to destroy American democracy. I encourage you to buy

Peter Thiel says Antichrist ‘Wants a Nobel Peace Prize.‘

Leaked Highlights from Tech Billionaire's Secret Antichrist Lectures

Panicked Curtis Yarvin—JD Vance guru—Plans to Flee USA

‘I feel that I personally have to start thinking realistically about how to flee the country.’

Peter Thiel, Nazi Philosophy + Lord of the Rings

“The strange thing is that, if you look at any of these narratives—science fiction, Lord of the Rings, The Bible—the tech billionaires are obviously the villains in all of those books. Right? But they have such bad comprehension of reading—or maybe it’s a willful misinterpretation—that

Peter Thiel Antichrist Fiasco Sparks International Concern

An “unsatisfactory” ideology “cobbled together from various religious-philosophical fragments”

She Warned About Silicon Valley 25 Years Ago. We Ignored Her.

Journalist Paulina Borsook warned that tech libertarians wanted an anti-human world that worked more like a computer

Libertarianism, 13, Dies in Argentina Chainsaw Accident

It was preceded in death by conservatism, which fell to a terminal case of fascism in 2016.