Once upon a time, they were counterculture idealists bringing power to the people. Today they’re greedy monopolists who’d sooner destroy our democracy than be reined in by government in any way—and they have to be stopped.
A funding surge has given rise to technologies to track, analyze and manage workers — often in countries with little regulation.
Much of the pleasure of “Mountainhead” is the way it reflects our preposterous nightmare world. It’s not fun to live in a dawning age of technofeudalism, but it is satisfying to see it channeled into comedy.
I’m a propagandist, I’ll twist the truth, I’ll put forward only my version of it if I think that’s going to propagandise people to believe what I need them to believe.
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Investors flocked to buy up video game studios during the pandemic. We get glitchier games and fewer workers are forced to put in inhumane hours.
All the ways Saudi Arabia’s cash powers tech startups and venture capital. In two years, MBS poured at least $11 billion into US startups, making it the industry’s largest single investor.
The most important bank in Silicon Valley has failed, triggering economic uncertainty nationwide. To blame: tough-talking tech dudes, a reckless Congress, contradictory monetary policy, and even Barney Frank.
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