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Episode Synopsis
What happens when Project 2025, Silicon Valley, and AI collide?
In this Nerd Reich Mailbag episode, host Gil Duran sits down with Brooke Harrington (author of "Offshore: Stealth Wealth and The New Colonialism) and Adam Becker (author of "More Everything Forever") to answer listener questions about authoritarianism, AI power, and the new tech-driven assault on democracy.
🔥 Topics include:
How Project 2025 was planned like a “war against America”
The rise of the Tech Right — Musk, Thiel, and the Silicon Valley elite
How AI and algorithms are reshaping politics and power
The “Dark Enlightenment” and the anti-human turn in tech
Why dystopian science fiction was supposed to be a warning — not a blueprint
This episode is part political analysis, part cultural autopsy — and a call to understand how authoritarianism is accelerating in the digital age.
🎙️ Featuring: Brooke Harrington — Professor of Economic Sociology, Dartmouth College Follow on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ebharrington.bsky.social
Adam Becker — Astrophysicist & author of "More Everything Forever" Follow on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/adambecker.bsky.social
Gil Duran — Host. Follow on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/gilduran.com
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R.R. Robbins — Producer
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💬 Leave a comment — your question might be in the next Mailbag episode!
#Project2025 #AI #tech #siliconvalley #elonmusk #peterthiel #Authoritarianism #SiliconValley #TechRight #PoliticalPodcast #crypto #podcast #politics #sciencefiction
In this Nerd Reich Mailbag episode, host Gil Duran sits down with Brooke Harrington (author of "Offshore: Stealth Wealth and The New Colonialism) and Adam Becker (author of "More Everything Forever") to answer listener questions about authoritarianism, AI power, and the new tech-driven assault on democracy.
🔥 Topics include:
How Project 2025 was planned like a “war against America”
The rise of the Tech Right — Musk, Thiel, and the Silicon Valley elite
How AI and algorithms are reshaping politics and power
The “Dark Enlightenment” and the anti-human turn in tech
Why dystopian science fiction was supposed to be a warning — not a blueprint
This episode is part political analysis, part cultural autopsy — and a call to understand how authoritarianism is accelerating in the digital age.
🎙️ Featuring: Brooke Harrington — Professor of Economic Sociology, Dartmouth College Follow on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ebharrington.bsky.social
Adam Becker — Astrophysicist & author of "More Everything Forever" Follow on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/adambecker.bsky.social
Gil Duran — Host. Follow on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/gilduran.com
Follow on X: https://x.com/gilduran76?lang=en
R.R. Robbins — Producer
📧 Subscribe to the Nerd Reich newsletter → http://www.thenerdreich.com
💬 Leave a comment — your question might be in the next Mailbag episode!
#Project2025 #AI #tech #siliconvalley #elonmusk #peterthiel #Authoritarianism #SiliconValley #TechRight #PoliticalPodcast #crypto #podcast #politics #sciencefiction
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