The End of Reality

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‘A wake-up call … fascinating’ Scott Galloway, author of The Four

‘Please read this’ Jaron Lanier, author of Ten Arguments For Deleting Your Social Media

From the author of Move Fast and Break Things comes a withering takedown of four billionaires (from Andreessen to Zuckerberg) who are selling us fantasies while the world burns.

At a time when multiple crises are compounding to create epic inequality, four billionaires are hyping schemes that are designed to divert our attention away from issues that really matter. Each scheme – from the metaverse to cryptocurrency, space travel and transhumanism – is an existential threat in moral, political, and economic terms.

In The End of Reality¸ Jonathan Taplin shines a light on the enormous cultural power of Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Marc Andreessen, questioning whether we want our society to be run by people who receive blood transfusions to stay young. Will we really want our children anywhere near the metaverse? Do we trust Musk to rule over Mars?

Tech monopolies have hollowed out the middle class and brought unbounded public acrimony. Meanwhile, enormous amounts of taxpayer money are funnelled into dystopian ventures, the benefits of which accrue to billionaires. The End of Reality is both a scathing critique of the warped worldview of a tiny minority and a vision of a truly regenerative economics to build a sustainable society with healthy growth and full employment.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Torva (7 September 2023)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 191170950X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1911709503
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 330 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.3 x 2.4 x 23.4 cm
Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ United Kingdom

Reviewer: Quillysgirl
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Jonathan Taplin is a deep thinker. He brings the full range of his diverse and fascinating career to bear in this disturbing and informative book about where we as a society are headed UNLESS we pay more attention to these four billionaire figures. A fine blend of exposition that highlights the social, political, economic and human ramifications of our lurch into a post-Truth and post-reality world. A must read. One of the best non-fiction books I’ve read this year.

Reviewer: Haemoglobin
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Very interesting and also depressing, but in a good way

Reviewer: Pablo
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Jonathan Taplin’s life experience has provided us with an extraordinary view of the world today and potentially tomorrow. His historical perspective aligned with factual realities, presents a scary picture of America and our technological future as designated by some of the wealthiest men on the planet.

Reviewer: Joanne Zaluski
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Great Read! Revelatory! Taplin has done a masterful job analyzing the threat of these four individuals and the diabolicaltheories they espouse to advance their implausible efforts to change the course of civilization.

Reviewer: Mel R. Scurbica
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: There really isn’t a problem with bias, as some people claim, because the author criticizes both ends of the political spectrum. The problem with this book is that it is completely unfocused. I suddenly found myself reading about politics, which isn’t what the book purports to be about. He mentions the book is about four billionaires, but then he talks about others.But the biggest problem is the author is all over the place, careening from one subject to another. In places he uses terminology that the average reader won’t be familiar with and doesn’t explain it. I can’t believe that an editor at a professional publishing company felt this thing was ready to release.There is a germ of an idea in this book, but it’s lost in the meandering. I got about a third of the way through and quit. My biggest regret is I didn’t stop sooner, because I can’t get my money back for the Kindle copy I bought.

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