Jonathan Taplin

A withering takedown of four billionaires (from Andreessen to Zuckerberg) who are selling us fantasies while the world burns. At a time when multiple crises are compounding to create epic inequality, four billionaires are hyping schemes that are designed to divert our attention away from issues that really matter. Each scheme—from the metaverse to cryptocurrency, space travel, and transhumanism—is an...

The question isn't who's going to let me: it's who is going to stop me. A powerful argument for reducing inequality and revolutionizing how we use the web for the benefit of the many rather than the few. Kirkus Jonathan Taplin, more than anyone I know, can articulate the paralyzing complexities that have arisen from the intertwining of the tech...