A searing insight into the political radicalization of Silicon Valley from Elon Musk to Peter
Thiel JD Vance and Donald Trump and how it will affect the future of all our lives. From
the pursuit of potentially apocalyptic artificial intelligence to life-extension start-ups that
promise billionaires eternal youth and those who encourage the political far right around the
world the Silicon Valley techno-utopian dream has curdled. The global innovator class has the
world in their hands but they can't stand the touch. In Gilded Rage: Elon Musk and the
Radicalization of Silicon Valley New York Times bestselling author Jacob Silverman leads us
on a critical investigation into the radicalization of Silicon Valley and the billionaires that
increasingly run our lives shape the global economy and support Donald Trump. At the center
of this book lies Elon Musk but this is about more than just one man and his obsession with
the "woke mind virus" as Silverman reveals a network of tech and finance oligarchs emboldened
by the zero-interest rate years now using their wealth to exert an increasingly radical
political program. Transiting San Francisco and Silicon Valley Austin and Miami New York
Washington DC and various global capitals of tech finance and political power Silverman
talks to the people who are already living with the real-life consequences of the political
revolution underway. It's a bizarre sometimes frightening darkly humorous world where moguls
preach populist revolt while dismantling the few remaining checks on their influence. Gilded
Rage offers essential reporting and insight for anyone who wants to know what's happening to
Silicon Valley. As the erratic influence of tech elites continues to spread around the world
the story that Jacob has to tell will have a profound relevance for us all.
