Theo Baker

Stunned and honored by this rave review in @nytimes. “Baker’s first book, HOW TO RULE THE WORLD is a rigorous, self-assured, propulsive, at times terrifying portrait of a dweebocracy that ‘sets the agenda for the planet.’”

Some people in SF are offering $1M above asking price and it's still not considered competitive, said a real estate agent. Some of his clients who work in A.I. made all-cash offers, agreed to close quickly, waived contingencies and it wasn’t enough. nytimes.com/2026/05/29/rea…

Read the book everyone’s raving about: the instant New York Times bestseller How to Rule the World by @tab_delete.

Laura Miller at @Slate calls How to Rule the World “a terrific read” that “exposes the rot at the heart of Stanford University.” It’s “a coming-of-age story, a campus story, and a newspaper story, but above all, it’s a horror story." slate.com/culture/2026/0…

@kevinroose @fsgbooks Just following in the footsteps of another college author!

@tab_delete @fsgbooks thank u, nyt bestselling wunderkind

cover reveal! the FSG design team is insanely goated and i think they created a beautiful object here. book out on october 6! pre-order now!

Anthropic just raised more money from venture capitalists than the entire company was worth this time last year. In spring 2025, it was valued at $61.5bn... Now $900bn...

@alexolegimas @penguinpress Thanks!!

@tab_delete @penguinpress Congrats Theo!!

Thrilled and astonished to learn that HOW TO RULE THE WORLD is a NYT bestseller! Incredibly grateful to the team @penguinpress for the last several years of tireless collaboration. And a huge, huge thank you to everyone reading and engaging with this book. Wow!!

@ashleevance @penguinpress Thank you!!

@tab_delete @penguinpress Well done!

@shaurya_sinha7 @penguinpress Thank you!!

@tab_delete @penguinpress Congrats Theo! Well deserved.

Theo Baker’s terrific new book about Stanford is, above all, a horror story. slate.trib.al/PmzuBaD

@Thatsregrettab1 @penguinpress Thank you!

@tab_delete @penguinpress Congratulations!

@Isikoff Thank you @isikoff!

Perfect line towards the end of @tab_delete ‘s gripping new book, How to Rule the World, about how he got the president of Stanford sacked. “Ruling the world was much less appealing than uncovering how others did it.” Roger that!

📣 Huge congratulations to @tab_delete on his New York Times bestseller!!! 👏👏

Read this review of @tab_delete’s new book and you will know why it should be required reading for every college trustee.

@tab_delete Thank you so much for a great discussion and for the shoutout ❤️

@MicrobiomDigest Thank you for coming!!!

Looking forward to discussing my new book HOW TO RULE THE WORLD with Stanford Professor Rob Reich tonight! Join us for a lively conversation on campus about my reporting on Stanford and the university’s complex relationship with tech and power.

This is incredibly meaningful from @FearLoathingBTX, a professor and writer whose work I deeply admire. Carl has powerfully chronicled medical misconduct—and the price paid by whistleblowers—and I’m so honored that he engaged with my book here: