| Author/Contributor(s): | Zitron, Ed |
| Publisher: | Portfolio |
| Date: | 7/27/2027 |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Condition: | NEW |
It’s now a familiar refrain that our tech is in a state of decay. But far from being contained to minor annoyances brought on by crashing apps or glitching phones, technology undergirds nearly every industry, institution, and even personal relationship in this country. This decay threatens both our individual wellbeing and the very fabric of our society. And, Ed Zitron argues, you’re not angry enough at the people whose fault this is.
The Hater's Guide to Silicon Valley is your permission slip to get off the endless hype train. Drawing on economics, history, and reams of original research, Zitron lays bare the nakedly corrupt schemes the top brass at Meta, Apple, OpenAI, and other leading tech companies use to hollow out the internet and rot your devices while they tell you the future is here. He shows how a million seemingly unrelated irritations – text scams, your personal information freely available online, the AI propaganda on Facebook that’s melting your grandma’s brain – are not cosmic accidents, but the results of decisions made by the powerful. Finally, he envisions a path forward that involves real consequences for the guilty and permanent policy changes that treat technology like a public service, not privately held corporations subject to the whims of their incompetent and greedy CEOs.
Told in Zitron’s signature face-melting style, this is a manifesto for anyone who's tired of being lied to by billionaires.