A Tech Prophet Finally Gets Her Second Coming

Source: www.motherjones.com · Section: politics · Bias: Left · Published: Tue, 11 Aug 2026 11:30:00 GMT

The first thing to know about Cyberselfish, the chillingly prescient 2000 book about Silicon Valley that its author, Paulina Borsook, says “ruined my life” and caused a 25-year-long “curse” to befall her, is that it’s very, very funny. Cyberselfish, which Borsook cannot stand to name and instead calls “TDB” (short for “that damn book”), is […]

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The same story across the political spectrum (5 sources)

Center-Left: Bernie Sanders calls on Silicon Valley to ‘pause AI development’ in interest of humanity — www.theguardian.com
Center-Left: AI push is putting banks at mercy of tech firms, warns Moody’s — www.theguardian.com
Center-Right: Start-up bank backed by Palmer Luckey set to raise $1.5bn — www.ft.com
Center-Left: 'The Nerd Reich' tracks the 'unmasking of Silicon Valley's true politics' — www.npr.org

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