ReadingTheDots@social.vivaldi.net"The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy" by Gil Duran. My rating: 5 out of 5 stars. Published in 2026.
Book description: A fearless and urgent chronicle of the tech-authoritarian movement from its early days in San Francisco politics to its current moment on the international stage, exploring the wild and dystopian ambition of the technocrats at its center, and offering a road map to resistance. When Silicon Valley says it is ‘‘moving fast and breaking things,’’ the world interprets the chaos as a necessary cost of innovation. The author reveals a decades-long campaign to replace elected governments with corporate rule.
I think this is a fabulous book that clearly exposes the agenda of big tech. No sugar coating of the colossal danger tech giants pose. I highly recommend this book. It is one of the best I've read this year.
douglas2005@dragonscave.space 2 weeks ago
@ReadingTheDots @bookstodon Lynn good morning and thank you. I forwarded your post to my wife and the Gil Duran book is now on her wish list.
@bookstodon @douglas2005 You're welcome! I hope she learns much from it, as I did. I was going to say enjoys it as much as I did, but this isn't the kind of book that one enjoys, but it's one of those truth to power books that makes me very appreciative of authors who write them.