Gilded
Rage: Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley Hardcover –
Unabridged, October 7, 2025
by Jacob
Silverman (Author)
4.4 4.4
out of 5 stars (50)
** A
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST BOOK OF 2025 **
** A
FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2025 **
'Lively
and provocative.' FINANCIAL TIMES
'Makes a
convincing case for how tech became radicalized.' BLOOMBERG
'Revelatory.'
THE BULWARK
'sharp
and ominous...an essential unmasking of the growing extremism among America's
wealthy.' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
What
happens if the world's richest and most powerful men decide to dismantle
democracy?
In Gilded
Rage, New York Times bestselling author Jacob Silverman takes us inside the
surreal, high-stakes world of Silicon Valley. This is the story of the
political awakening and radicalization of a cabal of tech billionaires and
their descent into ideological extremism. Flush with cash from the
zero-interest era, addicted to their own mythology, these men have began
reshaping the world in their image -- and it should terrify us all.
At the
center is Elon Musk, the mogul whose obsession with the “woke mind virus” has
turned him from a tech innovator to an ideological crusader. But Musk is just
the beginning. Silverman maps a sprawling network of radicalized elites - from
Peter Thiel and JD Vance to the financiers bankrolling Donald Trump's return -
who are using their platforms and their money to ensure a political revolution
that's already underway.
This is
not just a book about tech. It's about power. We meet the billionaires funding
life-extension labs and embracing apocalyptic visions of AI. We examine the
populist rhetoric that is leading to the ruthless dismantling of democratic
norms. And we enter the strange, darkly comic world of the tech-oligarchy where
libertarian dreams meet authoritarian impulses, and where the people with the
most influence over our lives are the least accountable.
Silverman
travels from San Francisco to Miami, New York to DC, following a movement
that's rewriting the rules and oftentimes fighting a war against reality
itself. With sharp reporting and a cast of extraordinary characters, Gilded
Rage is a gripping, essential dispatch from the front lines of the billionaire
revolution.
If you
want to understand who is trying to control the future, and why, then this is
the book you need to read.
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