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Silicon Valley as the New Medici City States and the Rise of Technological Feudalism
This chapter explores the idea that Silicon Valley has become the new Medici city states, so rich and advanced in resources that they see themselves as such. It also discusses the rise of far-right ideologies and compares it to technological feudalism, mentioning Donald Trump's role in the dynamic and touching on the history of religious beliefs.