Gilded Rage

Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley

De: Jacob Silverman

Narrado por: Jacob Silverman

Bloomsbury presents Gilded Rage written and read by Jacob Silverman

A searing insight into the political radicalization of Silicon Valley, from Elon Musk to Peter Thiel, JD Vance and Donald Trump, and how it will affect the future of all our lives.

From the pursuit of potentially apocalyptic artificial intelligence to life-extension start-ups that promise billionaires eternal youth and those who encourage the political far right around the world, the Silicon Valley techno-utopian dream has curdled. The global innovator class has the world in their hands, but they can't stand the touch.

In Gilded Rage: Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley, New York Times bestselling author Jacob Silverman leads us on a critical investigation into the radicalization of Silicon Valley and the billionaires that increasingly run our lives, shape the global economy, and support Donald Trump.

At the center of this book lies Elon Musk, but this is about more than just one man and his obsession with the "woke mind virus", as Silverman reveals a network of tech and finance oligarchs, emboldened by the zero-interest rate years, now using their wealth to exert an increasingly radical political program.

Transiting San Francisco and Silicon Valley, Austin and Miami, New York, Washington DC, and various global capitals of tech, finance, and political power, Silverman talks to the people who are already living with the real-life consequences of the political revolution underway. It's a bizarre, sometimes frightening, darkly humorous world where moguls preach populist revolt while dismantling the few remaining checks on their influence.

Gilded Rage offers essential reporting and insight for anyone who wants to know what's happening to Silicon Valley. As the erratic influence of tech elites continues to spread around the world, the story that Jacob has to tell will have a profound relevance for us all.©2023 Jacob Silverman (P)2023 Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Reseñas de la Crítica

Jacob Silverman is one of the sharpest and most plugged-in tech commentators working today. He understands subcultures, politics and the internet. He can tell you what's in the black box, and what it's doing to our society. Gilded Rage is unmissable. (Hari Kunzru, Writer and Journalist, author of 'Gods without Men', 'White Tears' and 'Red Pill')

In Gilded Rage, Jacob Silverman delivers a clear-eyed anatomy of tech-addled delusion that has stubbornly eluded our media and political establishment for more than thirty years. Along the way, he recounts how the libertarian ethos of Silicon Valley has curdled into a frontal assault on our democracy. (Chris Lehmann, DC Bureau Chief of The Nation and the author of 'The Money Cult')

A book that should trouble your dreams. (Kirkus Reviews)

Silverman makes a convincing case for how tech became radicalized. By grounding his argument in money rather than red-pilling, he avoids fixating on the many outrageous social media posts of Musk and others, and instead offers a plausible explanation for why so many of Trump’s most powerful allies in tech (including Musk and Andreessen) once presented themselves as moderate Democrats. (Bloomberg)

Tech reporter Silverman’s sharp and ominous account delves into the radicalizing worldviews of Silicon Valley billionaires in the lead-up to Donald Trump’s reelection, and warns of a fusion of corporate and state power through which tech titans seek to enact undemocratic agendas. It’s an essential unmasking of the growing extremism among America’s wealthy. (Publishers Weekly)

lively and provocative (Financial Times)

The 1st amendment

To all the haters who still bought this book. Sam talked about freedom of speech, about how Besos silenced his Washington Post editorial board. Many many times this book repeats the contradictions to be aware of, the freedom of speech absolutists who kick you off their platforms and sue their former advertisers over a difference of opinion. Truly only a few have freedom of speech.

Corruption

What a sorry state we are in now and hope things will improve soon for our children

Essential

Deeply reported, intelligent, and full of Silverman’s dry wit, Gilded Rage is essential reading for anyone who wants to better understand the corrupt and astonishingly petty tech oligarchs who control our world.

The charity of facts over opinions.

Great read, you did your due diligence. Anyone who didn’t get that out of this is illogical. Please continued to write Mr. Silverman

Absolutely gorgeous!!!

One of my top 5 favorite books. Wonderful, it helps you understand what's going on.