It only took 25 years. Tech industry critic paulina borsook, and her new wave of fans, continue to misunderstand libertarianism In 2001, borsook published cyberselfish A critical romp through the terribly libertarian world of high tech The book skewered high tech culture with a scathing analysis and it revealed the childish political beliefs and toxic masculinity at its core. Two and a half decades after its release, paulina borsook’s sharp critique of tech libertarianism is getting a second look
Readers and technologists are revisiting “cyberselfish,” a book that warned how silicon valley’s politics could spill into public life. A prophetic critique of silicon valley’s libertarian fever finds new admirers cyberselfish, the 1999 essay by cultural critic paulina borsook, warned that the tech industry’s embrace of radical libertarianism would shape the digital age in troubling ways.
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