Gil Duran - The Nerd Reich

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Politico's $50M Peter Thiel Problem

Is Axel Springer CEO's son the 'German JD Vance'?

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'Existential threat': My NYT interview

In the New York Times, columnist Thomas B. Edsall examines the tech oligarch takeover of the United States. Writes Edsall: The Trump administration has enabled a small network of high-tech oligarchs to determine a vast proportion of federal spending and regulatory policy. Much of the attention, understandably, has fallen on

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Trump’s (Anti)'Freedom Cities' and Network State Tech Dystopia

It's an idea straight out of the Network State playbook.

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Listen: My interview with The New Yorker

Small but mighty newsletter hits the big time

Censored on Facebook? The Nerd Reich's Meta Mystery

Is Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook, which purports to be a bastion of free speech, censoring criticism of tech zillionaires and their dreams of government control?

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The Nerd Reich podcast, episode 1: The Network State

A deep dive into how tech billionaires like Elon Musk are trying to dismantle traditional governance to create their own power structures through crypto and artificial intelligence.

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Network State Unveils Push for Corporate Dystopia Cities

Quick post this morning to share an important weekend read. The Network State cult is actively lobbying Congress to legalize new kinds of corporate-controlled cities where normal laws don’t apply. From Caroline Haskins and Vittoria Elliott at Wired: Several groups representing “startup nations”—tech hubs exempt from the taxes