** A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST BOOK OF 2025 ** ** A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2025 **
'Lively and provocative.' FINANCIAL TIMES 'Makes a convincing case for how tech became
radicalized.' BLOOMBERG 'Revelatory.' THE BULWARK 'sharp and ominous...an essential
unmasking of the growing extremism among America's wealthy.' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY What happens
if the world's richest and most powerful men decide to dismantle democracy? In Gilded Rage
New York Times bestselling author Jacob Silverman takes us inside the surreal high-stakes
world of Silicon Valley. This is the story of the political awakening and radicalization of a
cabal of tech billionaires and their descent into ideological extremism. Flush with cash from
the zero-interest era addicted to their own mythology these men have began reshaping the
world in their image -- and it should terrify us all. At the center is Elon Musk the mogul
whose obsession with the "woke mind virus" has turned him from a tech innovator to an
ideological crusader. But Musk is just the beginning. Silverman maps a sprawling network of
radicalized elites - from Peter Thiel and JD Vance to the financiers bankrolling Donald Trump's
return - who are using their platforms and their money to ensure a political revolution that's
already underway. This is not just a book about tech. It's about power. We meet the
billionaires funding life-extension labs and embracing apocalyptic visions of AI. We examine
the populist rhetoric that is leading to the ruthless dismantling of democratic norms. And we
enter the strange darkly comic world of the tech-oligarchy where libertarian dreams meet
authoritarian impulses and where the people with the most influence over our lives are the
least accountable. Silverman travels from San Francisco to Miami New York to DC following a
movement that's rewriting the rules and oftentimes fighting a war against reality itself. With
sharp reporting and a cast of extraordinary characters Gilded Rage is a gripping essential
dispatch from the front lines of the billionaire revolution. If you want to understand who is
trying to control the future and why then this is the book you need to read.
