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Tech billionaires are making a risky bet with humanity’s future

Bryan Gardiner

created: June 13, 2025, 10 a.m. | updated: June 18, 2025, 9:15 a.m.

A lot of critics, academics, and journalists have tried to define or distill the Silicon Valley ethos over the years. How do you see the “ideology of technological salvation” fitting in? I’d say it’s very much of a piece with those earlier attempts to describe the Silicon Valley mindset. Readers will likely be familiar with the tech billionaires featured in your book and at least some of their ambitions. I’m guessing they’ll be less familiar with the various “isms” that you argue have influenced or guided their thinking.

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