Gil Durán

It's official! I'm *permanently* banned from X for tweeting "TLDR: Fascism." (appeal denied) What an honor—and a sign that the Silicon Valley billionaires feel threatened by my book. (One of my final viral posts featured this cover.) Pre-order here! www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...

This week @adambecker.bsky.social speaks with @gilduran.com , author of the NYT bestseller, The Nerd Reich. Listen tomorrow morning starting at 5am. #datmpodcast #gilduran #nerdreich @multitudeshows.com

He is so close to getting it

The election results in Brazil and Serbia suggest the polling error at the moment understates the anti-authoritarian sentiment around the globe.

Musk said he restricted Starlink in Ukraine- causing fast moving drones to lose connectivity - and that he had every right to do so because of some terms of service or contract that he didn't show us. (He didn't address suddenly doing this with no warning to Kyiv.) www.cnbc.com/2026/10/24/u...

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Just to be clear... Prop 40 is a ONE-TIME retroactive tax. It applies ONLY to billionaires and would tax just 5% of their wealth — which grew 30% in 2025. California's billionaires would still be worth $2T+ AFTER the tax. The revenue will fund healthcare for millions of Californians. Vote YES.

Amazing how many news outlets obtain “exclusive” Peter Thiel Antichrist lecture transcripts (that everyone also seems to have). Almost as if the lectures aren’t meant to be secret at all.🤔

This interview has almost 1 million views in four days and has generated a big new wave of interest in "The Nerd Reich." Here's how I explained tech fascism to DW News (German public media) on a windy beach near the Golden Gate Bridge. 🌉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=2176...

What’s going on between Trump and Putin? Why are they calling each other humanitarians? I explain why that’s the the point and the flattening of language and words under authoritarians.

“We should be asking, how much computation do we really need? How many resources are actually justifiable to put into this project? What are we actually getting out of it?” Read my interview with @mollytaft.com in @wired.com about some of my big takeaways from HYPERSCALE!

"The merging of tech and MAGA networks created a frenzy of open political corruption unlike anything in American history." @thewalrus.ca published The Nerd Reich's introduction, which charts tech fascism's rise to power under Trump/Thiel. paywall-free thewalrus.ca/billionaire-...

no matter how sure you are that these guys have broken a whole bunch of laws, you aren't nearly as certain as they are

SCOOP: Spokesperson for Sen. Ron Wyden told me he is investigating 2 for-profit companies running new ICE facility for unaccompanied children set to open in Louisiana. LaSalle Corrections and 'humanitarian response' firm Anovaeon LLC are facing Wyden's scrutiny. www.thequeenzone.com/scoop-top-se...

“Freedom and democracy are no longer compatible,” said billionaire Peter Thiel. As Silicon Valley’s most powerful figures draw closer to Trump, that vision is taking on new significance. Gil Durán on what happens when tech wealth and political power converge: thewalrus.ca/billionaire-nerd...

We’ve allowed powerful people to BUY influence in our democracy, and everyday people have paid the price. This week, @gilduran.com joins the pod to help us understand how we can fix it. It’s time to take the price tag off our democracy. 🎧LISTEN HERE: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/bil...

Meanwhile in the surveillance oligarchy of San Francisco... www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/e...

Techbro misogynists. Peter Thiel: “the vast increase in welfare beneficiaries and the extension of the franchise to women—two constituencies that are notoriously tough for libertarians—have rendered the notion of ‘capitalist democracy’ into an oxymoron." (h/t to @gilduran.com, Nerd Reich)

“ I do believe in American exceptionalism insofar as America is the last and final form of the Roman Empire,” said Thiel. “There is no successor. When America is done, the West is done, Christendom is done, and the world is done.”

🇨🇦 The Canadian events for HYPERSCALE kick off tonight! I’ll be hitting parts of Central and Western Canada with this set of events, but expect more for Atlantic Canada to be announced later. Find links to RSVP to each date on my website: parismarx.com/speaking/

“Is it ideologically inconsistent that companies led by men who excoriate the federal government...are being enriched by our tax dollars through generous government contracts? It is not.” —Sue Halpern

Gil Duran joins us for a brand new episode as we explore the growing intersection of tech and politics, billionaire extremism, and the fight for our democracy. Listen here now: www.futurehindsight.com/episodes/bil...

Kushner also failed to disclose himself as an agent of a foreign government, having been paid nearly $2 billion in total by foreign leaders. trib.al/B01ZZV7

Just as a private equity firm buys out a corporation and strips it for parts, a consultant class is raiding the Democratic Party and getting “generationally wealthy” along the way New from me and @adambonica.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/2163...

🚨 TODAY’S THE DAY 📚 After years of work, my new book HYPERSCALE is finally on bookshelves! It chronicles the data center boom just as the backlash is reaching a fever pitch. Get your copy today: hyperscalebook.com

@gilduran.com has written a book that connects all the dots between crypto, extremist and toxic beliefs espoused by billionaires, and the endgame of establishing network states. Our conversation covers a lot of ground. Tune in!

At a time when fascist tech zillionaires are using their obscene wealth to fund the entire Republican Party, it's absurd and self-defeating for any Democratic politician to oppose this. This isn't rocket science. They're the bad guys! The people want you to fight them!

Peter Thiel not beating the Nerd Reich charges. On the left, the stage where he delivered his Nashville Antichrist lectures. On the right, the cover of "The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy." 🤨

In Venezuela last September, I found people hoping for change, but shocked and surprised by US policy, especially opaque oil deals with former regime cronies. The system looks, one economist told me, like “a coalition of two kleptocracies" www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

TOMORROW: What happens when Silicon Valley’s tech billionaires threaten democracy? @gilduran.com, author of The Nerd Reich, joins Future Hindsight to unpack tech fascism, billionaire extremism, and crypto’s role in undermining democracy. Listen wherever you get your podcasts!

"This handful of very wealthy billionaires believe that it is their destiny in the 21st century to overthrow democracy." That's our @gilduran.com kicking righteous truth down by the Bay.

“How much computation do we really need here? How many resources are we willing to dedicate to this vision of the future? And is this technology really delivering in such a way that expending all those resources is justified?” I spoke to CNET’s @katelynched.bsky.social about my new book HYPERSCALE!

No, JD, the Titanic doesn’t turn around. The Titanic hits the iceberg. The Titanic sinks. Just like your career. Just like this corrupt regime. (Metaphors matter!)

NEW: I dug into public records behind a secretive $66 billion data center and found General Catalyst and an energy startup founded by Palantir alumni are spearheading the project. www.inc.com/sam-blum/mys...

The Plot to Delete Democracy The Nerd Reich shows how Silicon Valley billionaires have pushed a fringe ideology—what is popularly called techno-fascism but is closer in aspiration to straight-up totalitarianism—into the affairs of state. 🎁 link www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

Meanwhile, at Glendale United Methodist in Green Hills, Nerd Reich author Gil Duran was part of a conversation about the dangers posed by tech billionaires like Peter Thiel. 2/2

SCOOP: 'Tommy' from the now-viral exchange with Abdul El-Sayed is Thomas Teepell, a former staffer for Republican Senator Josh Hawley with close ties to Christian Nationalist Sean Feucht. He's the son of a former Bobby Jindal staffer whose consultant work was instrumental in getting Hawley elected.

Another interesting night of people watching outside the last Anti-Christ lecture by tech billionaire Peter Thiel, including some of the biggest names from Tennessee's world of Christian nationalism. 1/2

My copy of Hyperscale is waiting for me at my local bookstore. Congrats @parismarx.com! Also picked up: @naomiaklein.bsky.social End Times Fascism @gilduran.com The Nerd Reich and Jill Lepore's The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State

Abdul El-Sayed has the entire corporate establishment and pro-Israel lobby shooketh. Expect the most vile, nasty, ugly rhetoric over the next 2 weeks. What happened to Mamdani times 10. The good news is that it reveals their utter desperation.

“127 organizations from 30 countries are urging European governments to drop Palantir, warning of mass surveillance, vendor lock-in and a loss of democratic control over citizens’ data.” 10/18/26

"Prominent tech figures are not subtle about their authoritarian tendencies. All that @gilduran.com does with the book is quote them verbatim." @sfgate.com's Silas Valentino speaks with 'The Nerd Reich' author about the Bay Area-born, tech authoritarian movement www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...

The Peter Thiel Antichrist Circus is back in Nashville tonight. So am I. We’ll discuss Silicon Valley’s delusional effort to create a mythical machine demon by burning up democracy and humanity in a sacrificial bonfire of AI maximalism. And many other things. Be not afraid.

TONIGHT! Oct 19, 6-8pm in Nashville.