The Nerd Reich

Last year, I wrote about Paulina Borsook, a rare writer/journalist who—early on— warned about the rising danger of Silicon Valley’s anti-democratic tendencies.

Why are the crypto cartels trying to eat our democracy whole?

Why do powerful tech billionaires see crypto as a weapon for destroying democracy?

While many of you are reading my book, I’m reading The United States of Oligarchy: How America’s Wealthiest Ally With Dictators, Weaken the U.S., and Destroy Democracy by Casey Michel.

The Nerd Reich book remains on the New York Times Bestseller list for a second week, and it’s #4 in business nonfiction.

Last month, I warned that Donald Trump was adopting the dangerous strategy laid out in a 2024 book called Unhumans.

Renowned singer-songwriter Jesse Welles just wrote a song called “The Nerd Reich.”

For years, Donald Trump called crypto a “scam.”

We did it!

Tonight in San Francisco (8/24), I’ll be onstage with Wajahat Ali at the Commonwealth Club.

Great News: The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy is a Best Seller on Bookshop and Amazon!

“JD Vance is a dangerous extremist who embraces a set of ideas that should put a chill down the spine of every American.”

It’s official: This morning, YouTube announced it will delete The Nerd Reich podcast next week—the same week my book comes out.

Last year, I highlighted the work of Paulina Borsook, whose writing in the 1990s and 2000s presciently exposed the anti-government extremist tendencies of Silicon Valley elites.

My book, The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War On Democracy, launches in one week.