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The Politics of Everything
Silicon Valley Is Destroying the World
How Stanford University turned optimization into the global capitalist credo
February 6, 2023
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Scott W. Stern
Blame Palo Alto
From Stanford to Silicon Valley, a small town in California spread tech’s gospel of data and control.
September 27, 2019
Magazine
Kim Phillips-Fein
The Failed Political Promise of Silicon Valley
Tech was meant to help us transcend our most intractable problems. What went wrong?
December 14, 2015
Monica Potts
Dispossessed in the Land of Dreams
Those left behind by Silicon Valley’s technology boom struggle to stay in the place they call home.
August 2, 2012
The New Republic Staff
The New Fast Food, Cheating with Genetics, and Mormonism’s Love for Jews: Today’s TNR Reader
May 1, 2012
David Thomson
David Thomson on Films: The Flirtatious Game-Playing of Classic Hollywood Romances
February 24, 2012
Alec MacGillis
Bright College Years, Sans Salinger
February 22, 2012
Evgeny Morozov
Form and Fortune
October 6, 2011
David Thomson
David Thomson on Films: Two Works of Social Criticism Masquerading as Thrillers
January 27, 2011
Paul Starobin
Silicon Implant
August 12, 2010
Richard Florida
The Roadmap to a High-Speed Recovery
June 15, 2010
Eve Fairbanks
The Healer
June 15, 2010
Eve Fairbanks
The Healer
April 6, 2010
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Remake Transportation Policy to Meet Market Demand
March 13, 2010
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Mr. Coffee and Mr. Fixit
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