Tech Bro Gospel 101
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Tech Bro Gospel 101: 10 The Network State will replace government
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO SILICON VALLEY Day 10 THE BELIEF Governments are obsolete relics, and democracy is a failed experiment. The future belongs to "Network States"—startup citi…
Tech Bro Gospel 101: 09 Nation states are obsolete
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO SILICON VALLEY Day 9 THE BELIEF Nation states are obsolete. The future belongs to borderless networks, digital communities, and decentralized governance. T…
Tech Bro Gospel 101: 08 Longtermism justifies anything done today
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO SILICON VALLEY Day 8 THE BELIEF Longtermism is the moral philosophy that the far future—trillions of potential humans across millennia—matters more than th…
Tech Bro Gospel 101: 07 We are the most well-read people in any room
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO SILICON VALLEY Day 7 THE BELIEF We are the most well-read people in any room. Our intellectual diet—Nick Land’s accelerationist manifestos, Curtis Yarvin’s…
Tech Bro Gospel 101: 06 The market always produces the best outcome
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO SILICON VALLEY Day 6 THE BELIEF “The market always produces the best outcome.” It is a law as immutable as gravity, we are told—an iron rule of efficiency,…
Tech Bro Gospel 101: 05 Competition is for losers
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO SILICON VALLEY Day 5 THE BELIEF “Competition is for losers.” So declared Peter Thiel in Zero to One, his 2014 manifesto on startups and capitalism. The lin…
Tech Bro Gospel 101: 04 Democracy is too slow for the pace of technology
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO SILICON VALLEY Day 4 THE BELIEF Democracy is too slow for the pace of technology. The deliberation, the checks, the public debate—these are relics of an an…
Tech Bro Gospel 101: 03 Effective Altruism means doing maximum good
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO SILICON VALLEY Day 3 THE BELIEF Effective Altruism is a rigorous, evidence-based philosophy for doing the most good possible with limited resources. By app…
Tech Bro Gospel 101: 02 Regulation is always the enemy of progress
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO SILICON VALLEY Day 2 THE BELIEF “Regulation is always the enemy of progress.” So say the founders, investors, and executives who built the modern internet.…
Tech Bro Gospel 101: 01 Introspection and self-reflection are modern inventions
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO SILICON VALLEY Day 1 THE BELIEF Introspection is a modern pathology—a 20th-century indulgence that distracts from the real work of building the future. The…