Jacob Silverman
@jacobsilverman.com
Please buy my book GILDED RAGE: ELON MUSK AND THE RADICALIZATION OF SILICON VALLEY
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Jacob Silverman
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· 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...
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@jacobsilverman.com’s Gilded Rage tracks Silicon Valley’s sharp rightward turn—from liberal hub to Trump-aligned power center. Tech elites like Elon Musk now openly reject regulation, democracy, and the state they say “held them back.”
January 8, 2026 at 11:08 PM
@jacobsilverman.com’s Gilded Rage tracks Silicon Valley’s sharp rightward turn—from liberal hub to Trump-aligned power center. Tech elites like Elon Musk now openly reject regulation, democracy, and the state they say “held them back.”
I had a great time talking to @wajali.bsky.social and @gilduran.com today about how messed up everything is.
www.jacobsilverman.com/p/how-captur...
www.jacobsilverman.com/p/how-captur...
How Capturing Greenland and Venezuela Helps The Tech Oligarchs Create Their Fascist State
A recording from Jacob Silverman and THE LEFT HOOK with Wajahat Ali's live video
www.jacobsilverman.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:28 AM
I had a great time talking to @wajali.bsky.social and @gilduran.com today about how messed up everything is.
www.jacobsilverman.com/p/how-captur...
www.jacobsilverman.com/p/how-captur...
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How "Capturing" Venezuela and Greenland Are Key Steps to Help the Tech Oligarchy in Their Plan to Take Over the World.
With @gilduran.com and @jacobsilverman.com
2 pm ET
Join us thelefthook.substack.com
With @gilduran.com and @jacobsilverman.com
2 pm ET
Join us thelefthook.substack.com
The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali | Substack
A political, cultural, and intellectual playground for the rest of us with writer Wajahat Ali. Click to read The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscriber...
thelefthook.substack.com
January 5, 2026 at 6:51 PM
How "Capturing" Venezuela and Greenland Are Key Steps to Help the Tech Oligarchy in Their Plan to Take Over the World.
With @gilduran.com and @jacobsilverman.com
2 pm ET
Join us thelefthook.substack.com
With @gilduran.com and @jacobsilverman.com
2 pm ET
Join us thelefthook.substack.com
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“Working toward the Fuhrer” is a well established principle in authoritarian systems
Ive been wondering how many actions with media and government alike are less Trump’s orders and rather people doing what they think Trump would like to see.
December 23, 2025 at 3:33 PM
“Working toward the Fuhrer” is a well established principle in authoritarian systems
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this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to jump out of a helicopter to kidnap a head of state and his wife so some oil ceos can make a lot of money. we’ll be watching from a resort in florida that still serves wedge salad and checking how many retweets we get. good luck soldier
January 3, 2026 at 10:57 PM
this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to jump out of a helicopter to kidnap a head of state and his wife so some oil ceos can make a lot of money. we’ll be watching from a resort in florida that still serves wedge salad and checking how many retweets we get. good luck soldier
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This episode built around @jordanscarroll.bsky.social & @jacobsilverman.com had only 2 fewer downloads than the above, & boy do they have a lot of insight into our present predicament.
Check out their 2025 books SPECULATIVE WHITENESS & GILDED RAGE.
Thanks for listening. AV will be back next week.
Check out their 2025 books SPECULATIVE WHITENESS & GILDED RAGE.
Thanks for listening. AV will be back next week.
The Mutational Romances of Silicon Valley Speculation (A Tale of Today, Episode #18)
with Jordan S. Carroll, Jacob Silverman, and...Fredric Jameson
theamericanvandal.substack.com
December 31, 2025 at 3:28 PM
This episode built around @jordanscarroll.bsky.social & @jacobsilverman.com had only 2 fewer downloads than the above, & boy do they have a lot of insight into our present predicament.
Check out their 2025 books SPECULATIVE WHITENESS & GILDED RAGE.
Thanks for listening. AV will be back next week.
Check out their 2025 books SPECULATIVE WHITENESS & GILDED RAGE.
Thanks for listening. AV will be back next week.
There's no upper bound to his fortune now. With USD1, he's printing fake digital dollars and selling them by the billion to Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds.
💰Trump’s wealth increased by about $2.5B since his reelection, to $6.9B
💰 Eric’s increased 10x, to $400M.
💰 Don Jr.’s 6x, to $300M.
💰 Barron, a college sophomore, is worth $150M.
💰 Eric’s increased 10x, to $400M.
💰 Don Jr.’s 6x, to $300M.
💰 Barron, a college sophomore, is worth $150M.
His policies are picking winners and losers — and blurring the lines between business and government. n.pr/48P2QSb
December 28, 2025 at 4:08 PM
There's no upper bound to his fortune now. With USD1, he's printing fake digital dollars and selling them by the billion to Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds.
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Try wrapping your mind around this map released earlier this year by the United Nations Office of Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs, describing and delineating restrictions of roads and land access for Palestinians in the oPT, sans Gaza.
December 15, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Try wrapping your mind around this map released earlier this year by the United Nations Office of Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs, describing and delineating restrictions of roads and land access for Palestinians in the oPT, sans Gaza.
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...