Jacob Silverman
@jacobsilverman.com
Please buy my book GILDED RAGE: ELON MUSK AND THE RADICALIZATION OF SILICON VALLEY
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Jacob Silverman
@jacobsilverman.com
· Nov 18
Best books of 2025: Environment, Science and Technology
Pilita Clark, Clive Cookson and John Thornhill select their must-read titles
www.ft.com
The Financial Times named GILDED RAGE one of its best tech books of 2025.
www.ft.com/content/af55...
www.ft.com/content/af55...
That is nice but imagine if we had universal healthcare.
Mr Cuban,
I just wanted to quickly thank you. My husband has XXXX cancer, a rare gastrointestinal cancer. We are between insurance right now and when we went to pick it up we were informed it was $29,000. We were able to get it from CostPlus for $990. Thank you for saving my husband's life.
I just wanted to quickly thank you. My husband has XXXX cancer, a rare gastrointestinal cancer. We are between insurance right now and when we went to pick it up we were informed it was $29,000. We were able to get it from CostPlus for $990. Thank you for saving my husband's life.
December 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
That is nice but imagine if we had universal healthcare.
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To the Ellisons, $8B for the chance to censor CBS reports about atrocious Trump regime actions is a good deal.
To Elon Musk (and the Saudis), $44B to censor and manipulate Twitter is worth it.
They don't need profits from media properties. For them, money long ago crossed the threshold into power.
To Elon Musk (and the Saudis), $44B to censor and manipulate Twitter is worth it.
They don't need profits from media properties. For them, money long ago crossed the threshold into power.
December 23, 2025 at 12:33 PM
To the Ellisons, $8B for the chance to censor CBS reports about atrocious Trump regime actions is a good deal.
To Elon Musk (and the Saudis), $44B to censor and manipulate Twitter is worth it.
They don't need profits from media properties. For them, money long ago crossed the threshold into power.
To Elon Musk (and the Saudis), $44B to censor and manipulate Twitter is worth it.
They don't need profits from media properties. For them, money long ago crossed the threshold into power.
Recently I had a wide-ranging, if appropriately depressing, hour-long conversation with @krystalball.bsky.social about tech fascism, democracy, AI and industrial policy, the search for "exit," and much else.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiuR...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiuR...
Silicon Valley's Dark Quest For Techno Fascism
YouTube video by Breaking Points
www.youtube.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Recently I had a wide-ranging, if appropriately depressing, hour-long conversation with @krystalball.bsky.social about tech fascism, democracy, AI and industrial policy, the search for "exit," and much else.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiuR...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiuR...
Thanks to the Boston Globe for putting GILDED RAGE on their best books of 2025 list. They call it a "fascinating if chilling narrative."
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/22/a...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/22/a...
The 75 best books of 2025 - The Boston Globe
From fiction to nonfiction, discover the best books of 2025 with our curated list of 75 titles.
www.bostonglobe.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Thanks to the Boston Globe for putting GILDED RAGE on their best books of 2025 list. They call it a "fascinating if chilling narrative."
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/22/a...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/22/a...
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“As @jacobsilverman.com puts it in his book, these tech titans ‘had the world at their fingertips and they couldn’t stand the touch.’”
@bcmerchant.bsky.social @emilymbender.bsky.social @alexhanna.bsky.social @jathansadowski.com @hagenblix.bsky.social
@bcmerchant.bsky.social @emilymbender.bsky.social @alexhanna.bsky.social @jathansadowski.com @hagenblix.bsky.social
The best books, films and TV that tackled AI + tech in 2025
The Great Blood in the Machine Guide to All Media
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM
“As @jacobsilverman.com puts it in his book, these tech titans ‘had the world at their fingertips and they couldn’t stand the touch.’”
@bcmerchant.bsky.social @emilymbender.bsky.social @alexhanna.bsky.social @jathansadowski.com @hagenblix.bsky.social
@bcmerchant.bsky.social @emilymbender.bsky.social @alexhanna.bsky.social @jathansadowski.com @hagenblix.bsky.social
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Affadavit is British for “one half of Dave”
December 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Affadavit is British for “one half of Dave”
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Here's a brief thread of the fiction that has stayed with me most in 2025, a year in which I reviewed exactly 100 books, and was more grateful than ever for the chance to do so. First, these are screenshots of the three brilliant novels that made the WSJ Best Books list. www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
December 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Here's a brief thread of the fiction that has stayed with me most in 2025, a year in which I reviewed exactly 100 books, and was more grateful than ever for the chance to do so. First, these are screenshots of the three brilliant novels that made the WSJ Best Books list. www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
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#Musk #Thiel #Sacks #Andreessen
#Karp
1/mehr
Heut gibts ausnahmsweise mal eine Buchempfehlung , nämlich "The Gilded Rage" von @jacobsilverman.com
Ein garstiges Sittenbild, wie eine parasitäre Oberschicht aus Investoren, "Entrepreneurs", Zockern...
www.jacobsilverman.com/p/preorder-g...
#Karp
1/mehr
Heut gibts ausnahmsweise mal eine Buchempfehlung , nämlich "The Gilded Rage" von @jacobsilverman.com
Ein garstiges Sittenbild, wie eine parasitäre Oberschicht aus Investoren, "Entrepreneurs", Zockern...
www.jacobsilverman.com/p/preorder-g...
Gilded Rage: Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley
AVAILABLE NOW
www.jacobsilverman.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:23 PM
#Musk #Thiel #Sacks #Andreessen
#Karp
1/mehr
Heut gibts ausnahmsweise mal eine Buchempfehlung , nämlich "The Gilded Rage" von @jacobsilverman.com
Ein garstiges Sittenbild, wie eine parasitäre Oberschicht aus Investoren, "Entrepreneurs", Zockern...
www.jacobsilverman.com/p/preorder-g...
#Karp
1/mehr
Heut gibts ausnahmsweise mal eine Buchempfehlung , nämlich "The Gilded Rage" von @jacobsilverman.com
Ein garstiges Sittenbild, wie eine parasitäre Oberschicht aus Investoren, "Entrepreneurs", Zockern...
www.jacobsilverman.com/p/preorder-g...
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NEW: I looked into MAGA darling Anduril's latest foreign partner, and its weapons are accused of fueling the ongoing genocide in Sudan. theintercept.com/2025/12/11/a...
Anduril Partners With UAE Bomb Maker Accused of Arming Sudan’s Genocide
Anduril calls itself an “arsenal of democracy.” So why is it partnering with the United Arab Emirates, an authoritarian monarchy to build drones?
theintercept.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:25 PM
NEW: I looked into MAGA darling Anduril's latest foreign partner, and its weapons are accused of fueling the ongoing genocide in Sudan. theintercept.com/2025/12/11/a...
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It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
December 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
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Tech multibillionaires form our new aristocracy, more than happy to establish a corporate monarchy in America. They aren’t kidding, and they’re putting their money behind the effort. Jacob Silverman explains it all.
MY INTERVIEW WITH THE AUTHOR OF "GILDED RAGE"
Jacob Silverman's treatise on the radicalization of Silicon Valley
www.transformarticles.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Tech multibillionaires form our new aristocracy, more than happy to establish a corporate monarchy in America. They aren’t kidding, and they’re putting their money behind the effort. Jacob Silverman explains it all.
I was very glad to talk to Marianne Williamson about tech oligarchy and my book GILDED RAGE:
substack.com/@mariannewil...
substack.com/@mariannewil...
MY INTERVIEW WITH THE AUTHOR OF "GILDED RAGE"
Jacob Silverman's treatise on the radicalization of Silicon Valley
substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I was very glad to talk to Marianne Williamson about tech oligarchy and my book GILDED RAGE:
substack.com/@mariannewil...
substack.com/@mariannewil...
I appreciate this review of GILDED RAGE alongside
David Morris' STEALING THE FUTURE, which says they are "among the most important books of the year."
prospect.org/2025/12/09/a...
David Morris' STEALING THE FUTURE, which says they are "among the most important books of the year."
prospect.org/2025/12/09/a...
Artifice in the Age of Artificial Intelligence - The American Prospect
To understand the tech mindset is to see that the ultimate goal is domination. Silicon Valley elites apply a different standard to themselves because, quite simply, they believe that they deserve a di...
prospect.org
December 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I appreciate this review of GILDED RAGE alongside
David Morris' STEALING THE FUTURE, which says they are "among the most important books of the year."
prospect.org/2025/12/09/a...
David Morris' STEALING THE FUTURE, which says they are "among the most important books of the year."
prospect.org/2025/12/09/a...
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can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
December 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
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NBA Capitalism is the government version of Liver King Capitalism www.thestar.com/business/how...
How Elon Musk, Sam Bankman-Fried and the Liver King taught us a powerful lesson in business — and in life
We have become so used to self-evident lies in public life that a confession, no matter how hedged or begrudging, now seems like a revelation.
www.thestar.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:54 PM
NBA Capitalism is the government version of Liver King Capitalism www.thestar.com/business/how...
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Something I’ve been thinking about, ever since this conversation, is a phenomenon I think of as NBA Capitalism.
I had a good time talking with the Toronto Star's Richard Warnica about the very dim state of US democracy under Trump and the tech oligarchs.
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
Richard Warnica: Democracy has survived two world wars and the threat of nuclear holocaust. Can it survive Trump and the oligarchs?
The Star interviews American journalist Jacob Silverman about the rising influence and increasing militancy of the global tech elite.
www.thestar.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Something I’ve been thinking about, ever since this conversation, is a phenomenon I think of as NBA Capitalism.
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Rich, angry U.S. tech oligarchs have bent politics and policy to their favour. "Gilded Rage" author @jacobsilverman.com tells @jeyantvo.bsky.social how a few wealthy men – including Elon Musk and Peter Thiel – pivoted right, and merged corporate and government power.
Are Tech Billionaires Reshaping U.S. Politics? | The Rundown
YouTube video by TVO Today
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Rich, angry U.S. tech oligarchs have bent politics and policy to their favour. "Gilded Rage" author @jacobsilverman.com tells @jeyantvo.bsky.social how a few wealthy men – including Elon Musk and Peter Thiel – pivoted right, and merged corporate and government power.
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Why are tech billionaires buying land in Honduras and beyond? Tonight @jeyantvo.bsky.social talks to @jacobsilverman.com about his book "Gilded Rage: Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley," and the quest for tax-free, bespoke nations run by elites. | Producer: Mike Attenborough
December 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Why are tech billionaires buying land in Honduras and beyond? Tonight @jeyantvo.bsky.social talks to @jacobsilverman.com about his book "Gilded Rage: Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley," and the quest for tax-free, bespoke nations run by elites. | Producer: Mike Attenborough
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For the November issue of Future Relics, my monthly Substack journal that records items of interest, I discuss @jacobsilverman.com's book Gilded Rage: The Radicalisation of Silicon Valley, the metaphor of cloud storage and imaginings of Al. It's a short read:
open.substack.com/pub/emilyeho...
open.substack.com/pub/emilyeho...
Silicon Valley's Polluted Sky Thinking
November's Future Relics highlights the right wing politics of Silicon Valley and how imaginings of AI have material consequences
open.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:55 PM
For the November issue of Future Relics, my monthly Substack journal that records items of interest, I discuss @jacobsilverman.com's book Gilded Rage: The Radicalisation of Silicon Valley, the metaphor of cloud storage and imaginings of Al. It's a short read:
open.substack.com/pub/emilyeho...
open.substack.com/pub/emilyeho...
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SCOOP from me + @makenakelly.bsky.social: despite recent reports, DOGE isn’t dead—it’s actually everywhere. @wired.com
www.wired.com/story/what-i...
www.wired.com/story/what-i...
DOGE Isn’t Dead. Here’s What Its Operatives Are Doing Now
Contrary to popular reports, DOGE has “burrowed into the agencies like ticks,” government sources tell WIRED.
www.wired.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:37 PM
SCOOP from me + @makenakelly.bsky.social: despite recent reports, DOGE isn’t dead—it’s actually everywhere. @wired.com
www.wired.com/story/what-i...
www.wired.com/story/what-i...
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feels like few reporters (besides @jacobsilverman.com) are really clocking the implications of literal Saudi/Emirati/Qatari investment in the consolidation and conservative overhaul of American media variety.com/2025/biz/new...
Paramount Skydance’s Latest Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery Backed by Three Middle Eastern Wealth Funds
The second round of offers for all or part of Warner Bros. Discovery are in from Paramount Skydance, Netflix and Comcast. And the new, higher offer for all of WBD from David Ellison's Paramount is bac...
variety.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:25 PM
feels like few reporters (besides @jacobsilverman.com) are really clocking the implications of literal Saudi/Emirati/Qatari investment in the consolidation and conservative overhaul of American media variety.com/2025/biz/new...
I had a good time talking with the Toronto Star's Richard Warnica about the very dim state of US democracy under Trump and the tech oligarchs.
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
Richard Warnica: Democracy has survived two world wars and the threat of nuclear holocaust. Can it survive Trump and the oligarchs?
The Star interviews American journalist Jacob Silverman about the rising influence and increasing militancy of the global tech elite.
www.thestar.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I had a good time talking with the Toronto Star's Richard Warnica about the very dim state of US democracy under Trump and the tech oligarchs.
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...