The brightest minds in Silicon Valley are relying on psychedelics (like ayahuasca) to reevaluate their lives, alleviate stress, and discover spirituality. The growing use of mind-altering drugs has led these entrepreneurs to seek out therapy in order to deal with…
What happened to America’s pioneering spirit? According to a new Pew Research report published this month, Silicon Valley tech experts are more confident than the general public that AI will benefit future Americans. Yet, the same report reveals that neither experts…
For decades, Silicon Valley has been the home of libertarian techno-utopianism and wild transhumanist dreams. Big Tech’s self-styled visionaries actively promote a particular kind of secular messianism, fixated on transcendence through algorithms and artificial intelligence. Now, however, a powerful network…
The board of SVB, the parent company of Silicon Valley Bank, included as many people who grieved over Donald Trump’s 2016 victory at a Shinto shrine as investment bankers. It included as many former Obama administration officials as investment bankers….
Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World By Malcolm Harris (Little, Brown and Company, 720 pages, $36) Some might wonder why a conservative would choose to read and review California native son Malcolm Harris’ Palo Alto: A…
Ahead of congressional midterms, Silicon Valley’s multi-billionaires are on a PR crusade. Not everyone in Left Coast tech is bent on evil, they want you to believe, in the hope that showing this “human side” will soften the blow of…
In the beginning, the rich nerds who launched tech startups saw themselves as “disruptors.” They had power, swagger, and money. But a funny thing happened on the way to their revolution: The tech startups became giants, and then the giants…
“Democracy,” H.L. Mencken wrote, “is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.” Every new legislative session offers abundant evidence of the famed Baltimore journalist’s pithy words, but new Democratic…
How did a Silicon Valley startup turn $5 million into what was almost a $740 million windfall in a matter of months? That might sound like the outcome of an extremely successful business investment, but it’s actually the verdict of…
