Meet the Author: Gil Durán - The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy

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Gil Durán started his journalism career at the San Jose Mercury News . As the newspaper industry hit turbulence, he pivoted to politics and spent ten years as an advisor to politicians including Jerry Brown, Dianne Feinstein, and Kamala Harris. In 2018, he returned to journalism as California opinion editor of The Sacramento Bee , and then became editorial page editor of the San Francisco Examiner . Now an independent journalist, he publishes two newsletters: The Nerd Reich , focused on extremist tech politics, and FrameLab , focused on political language. The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy is his first book. It is a searing investigation into the political ideology of some of our wealthiest neighbors. When Silicon Valley says it is "moving fast and breaking things," the world interprets the chaos as a necessary cost of innovation. Gil Durán reveals something far more sinister: a decades-long campaign to replace elected governments with corporate rule. The Nerd Reich explains the origins, strategies, and ambitions of Silicon Valley's war on democracy for the first time. From San Francisco's weaponized elections and secret billionaire projects to the White House, Durán exposes how the world's richest men are building a new political order. The Guardian says that Durán "lays out the narrative in exacting detail, outlining the connections between these men (and it is all men) and the origins of their often deeply weird beliefs, many of which view Listed from Oakland Public Library's public calendar. Details and registration: https://oaklandlibrary.bibliocommons.com/events/6acd5eafde300e00451a03c1