Dystopia
Tech Elites vs. Government: Katherine Boyle’s Strange Speech
The latest attempt by tech to adopt Republican talking points and pander to ultra-religious conservatives.
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Trump Targets San Francisco's Presidio
As expected, Donald Trump is targeting San Francisco's Presidio for dismantling. Is the Network State cult making its move to claim this public land for one of its proposed Fascist Cities?
Election 2024
Thoughts on President Elon Musk's pending tech takeover of US government
Donald Trump's victory in the 2024 election begins a new era for tech's political extremists. The right-wing elements of Silicon Valley have merged with the MAGA movement, at least temporarily, and the bet has paid off big. Republicans captured every branch of government. Trump will make
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Praxis: Tech dystopia as the 'Next America'
This isn't weird at all
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'Crypto's destiny'
As promised, here's my latest story in the New Republic. It's about Brian Armstrong, the CEO of Coinbase, the nation's biggest crypto exchange. He's got a net worth estimated at over $8 billion – and some disturbing ideas about the future. He openly
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Balaji Srinivasan launches Network State 'school'
I spent the past week entirely focused on writing my next big story. And I can't wait to share it with you as soon as it's published. To research this new piece – the latest in my series on the rise of the Network State cult – I
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BBC examines the Network State
Balaji's dystopian cult grows louder
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Reboot: Project 2025, Peter Thiel and right-wing San Francisco
A vision of our future politics?
Dystopia
California Forever's biggest PR problem may be its CEO
Jan Sramek has a talent for saying disastrous things
California Forever
'Solano Gap': California Forever scrambles to create a need
It's looking very, very bad for the tech billionaires' plan to impose a "utopia" city on Solano County. Can the project be saved?
California Forever
Miracle in Solano: California Forever unites Democrats and Republicans
The point: The California Forever project appears headed for a massive defeat in November. But the billionaires behind the proposed "tech utopia" have managed to pull off a true political miracle in 2024: uniting Democrats and Republicans – against their project. I got a sneak peak at more detailed
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Balaji depicts California Forever as a Network State project
The Point: During a tech podcast last September, Network State leader Balaji Srinivasan appeared to confirm that the California Forever project in Solano County is, indeed, part of the cultish Network State movement. This could further complicate things for the project's developers, who already face strong opposition from