Gil Duran is a former advisor to Jerry Brown, Dianne Feinstein, and Kamala Harris.
He is now an independent journalist and the publisher of two newsletters: The Nerd Reich, focused on extremist tech politics, and FrameLab, which explores political language.
His new book, the New York Times bestseller The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy, delivers a stark warning about the rise of technofascism.
Duran warns that a supremely powerful class of tech elites poses an existential threat to American and global democracy — and humanity's future. He argues that these elites are trying to become Gods, immortal beings, who are trying to extract every available resource from the human race and the planet to fulfill their ambitions.
Even more troubling, Duran argues, these elites and their allies truly see themselves as champions of the common good and humanity's survival.
All is not lost. Duran believes the technofascists and their plans can be stopped if the public recognizes the extreme danger and responsible leaders take bold action to defend human dignity, democracy, and freedom.
Also in this episode, Chauncey DeVega reflects on the end of his long tenure as a senior politics writer at Salon, and previews what comes next.
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