What Tech Calls Thinking: An Inquiry into the Intellectual Bedrock of Silicon Valley

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Adrian Daub strips away the shiny veneer of Silicon Valley to reveal that its most famous ideas are rarely original. While tech giants claim to be inventing the future, Daub argues they are actually repurposing centuries-old philosophy and literature to justify their power. He examines how the industry adopts concepts from thinkers like Heidegger and Ayn Rand to create a self-serving mythology. T…

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