The Nerd Reich (Page 5)

image of Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong, a red MAGA hat on a newspaper

parallel media

How a ‘Good’ Billionaire Broke the LA Times Editorial Board

A conversation with Mariel Garza, who quit the LAT in protest

'Technocracy,' a 1933 pessimistic cartoon by Winsor McCay. It depicts a large monster composed of mechanical parts, spewing black smoke.

How Tech Authoritarianism Becomes Reality

Plus: The End Times Fanaticism of Silicon Valley Elites

Dark Enlightenment

Elon Musk, JD Vance, and the Onward March of Tech Fascism

No, Elon Musk isn't leaving government. Yes, JD Vance is a Curtis Yarvin follower

Poster for Curtis Yarvin and Prof. Danielle Allen having a conversation "On American Democracy" at Harvard

Curtis Yarvin celebrated in San Francisco — and at 'Harvard'

Yesterday, the San Francisco Standard named Curtis Yarvin to the “SF100,” the publication’s list of the city’s most influential people. “If democracy has felt precarious lately, that’s by design,” declared the Standard in a brief description of Yarvin that labeled him “MAGA’s house philosopher.” “Specifically, by

network state

Tech Billionaires Want to Build a Network State in Greenland

A movement based on “tech Zionism” seeks to create “The Next America”

2025

Big News for The Nerd Reich

Drum roll, please

'End Times Fascism'

Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor examine the apocalyptic cult politics of Silicon Valley

tech fascism

Carole Cadwalladr Warns of 'Digital Coup' in TED Talk

'It's a coup. I know you probably don't want to hear that, and especially here, but we can’t fight it if we can’t see it. And we can’t see it if we don’t name it'

Cover of Owned: How Tech Billionaires on the Right Bought the Loudest Voices on the Left by Eoin Higgins.

Media

Inside the Media Crisis Fueled by Tech Billionaire Power

How tech elites like Elon Musk and Peter Thiel are quietly—and not so quietly—reshaping the media landscape, buying platforms, and influencing narratives in terrifying ways.

Black and white photograph of Jim Jones in San Francisco Chinatown

network state

Jonestown to Network States: Tech Bros Revive Religious Cult Utopias

Silicon Valley extremism and religious extremism meld in Trump 2.0 era