Life in Common

Envision a new economy as you collaborate to overcome a corporate entity that has a limitless supply of credit (and debt). Utopoly: A Utopian Research Method By Neil Farnan @NeilFarnan ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/id/eprint/1836… PDF via @UALRO

Are tech billionaires sinking democracy? I got to interview my old friend @gilduran76 for @DecoderPod about his upcoming book, and a side of tech that hasn’t gotten much scrutiny. Agree with his conclusions or not, it’s an important debate: theverge.com/decoder-podcas…

Why tech billionaires want a dictatorship, and why most of Silicon Valley will quietly watch democracy burn. My interview with @jonfortt (my fellow @DePauwU '98 grad) about the dangerous coalition between the far right and the tech right via @DecoderPod theverge.com/decoder-podcas…

"The Nerd Reich is a term that some people use to describe a cultish group of tech billionaires who basically seek to replace democracy with something resembling corporate dictatorship" theverge.com/decoder-podcas…

Tech Billionaires Accused of Quietly Working to Implement "Corporate Dictatorship" (via @futurism) Not so sure about the "quietly" part! But otherwise a good and succinct analysis of my work. futurism.com/billionaires-c…

"DOGE offered a glimpse of the technofascist future. It formed the beachhead for a targeted hit on public institutions and their employees in the service of a new, radical, and cash-soaked post-democratic order." motherjones.com/politics/2025/…

Elon Musk says he'll step back from the government. While it may seem as though the worst excesses of DOGE have passed, the reality is, the whole government is DOGE now. #WIREDPoliticsLab: wired.com/story/elon-mus…

Been sitting on this a while - dug with @jason_a_w back through the support network for Oakland’s reactionaries & came across this network state hub in Wyoming that’s deeply interlaced with the intellectual wing of the “Dissident Right” theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m…

A Wyoming lodge bills itself as a staging ground for the “Network State.” @awinston & @jason_a_w expose “Wagon Box DAO,” a rural hangout rooted in an extremist idea. Guests include Oakland political operative Seneca Scott & journalist James Pogue (?) theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m…

Remote Wyoming vacation lodge emerges as haven for US ‘dissident’ right | Wyoming | The Guardian theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m…

Why does Trump keep talking about seizing Gaza and building a city there? It’s his version of the Network State — a gold-plated tech-fascist casino built atop genocide and displacement. The deeper story on Trump’s embrace of tech colonialism: 👇 thenerdreich.com/trump-gaza-and…

“Tech Zionism” — Balaji Srinivasan’s term for Network State colonialism — is a fitting description of Trump’s fantasy to steal Gaza. newrepublic.com/article/180487…

Of course, the Nazi salute was just the cherry on top of the Nazi-themed cake. From 2024: Elon Musk's X marks the spot for Nazis, disinformation. Why? theframelab.org/elon-musks-x-m…

Tech billionaires are building a scary new cult religion — and it's coming for us all. My conversation with Rev. Otis Moss III & @xriskology on "TESCREAL," which seeks to replace the soul with code, heaven with Mars, and Jesus with billionaire saviors youtube.com/watch?v=S1tcBU…

To understand tech fascism, it helps to understand TESCREAL. As usual, @DaveTroy was early on this: Understanding TESCREAL — the Weird Ideologies Behind Silicon Valley’s Rightward Turn washingtonspectator.org/understanding-…

This was such a fun and incredibly interesting experience. I joined the brilliant Rev. Dr. Otis Moss and Gil Duran (of "The Nerd Reich" fame!) to discuss the TESCREAL bundle of ideologies. If you have the time, give it a listen. We cover a lot of fascinating ground! Link below:

Crypto corruption isn’t just about money—it’s about fracturing democracy itself. The goal: decentralize governance in the same way that crypto seeks to decentralize finance. But don’t take my word for it. Listen to the CEO of Coinbase #NetworkState newrepublic.com/article/185738…

Tech oligarchs are gambling our #future on a fantasy | Adam Becker #climate theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

MORE EVERYTHING FOREVER by Adam Becker (@FreelanceAstro) is called "smart and wonderfully readable" in the @nytimes. Read what else they have to say in the full review ↴ nytimes.com/2025/04/23/boo…

Go to Mars, Never Die and Other Big Tech Pipe Dreams In “More Everything Forever,” the science journalist Adam Becker subjects Silicon Valley’s “ideology of technological salvation” to critical scrutiny. nytimes.com/2025/04/23/boo… via @nytimesbooks

Exposing the origins of the improbable – and at times scary – plans of tech billionaires makes Adam Becker's More Everything Forever a disturbing but important book #Echobox=1745425741" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">newscientist.com/article/mg2663…